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School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (C.) (roll number 14206)

Location:
Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 151

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  1. Buying and Selling (continued)

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    give hairpins in exchange for feathers and horse-hair.
    People would spit on money before they put [?] it in their pocket so that they would have luck with it. The people call sixpence: a tanner, a shilling: a bob, a pound: a quid.
    The markets are always held in the nearest towns.
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  2. The Care of the Feet

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    Long ago people did not begin to wear boots until they were twenty years of age.
    At that time they only wore them on certain occasion such as, if they
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. shoes (~1,841)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    17
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    George Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo