School: Loch Measca
- Location:
- Caherrobert, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean an Bhrúnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0103, Page 382
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- Buying and Selling
Long ago there were no fairs. If a man wanted to buy a horse he would go where the horse was.
Friday was always supposed to be the lucky day for buying anything. The man who bought the home from the other man would repay him by giving him a token - so many cattle or anything the man would ask for. In the early ages when the country people got groceries, instead of paying money they gave the produce of their farms to the shopkeepers.
- Policemen lived round this place in the year 1881. Some of them lived in a hut near the Gate Lodge where the lime kiln is now. Others lived in the yard. The policemen were there to guard Captain Boycott during the time of the Boycotting. At that time the word "Boycott" was introduced to the English language. There were soldiers also guarding(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joan Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughmask Castle, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick S. Daly
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Loughmask Castle, Co. Mayo
