School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Thomas F. O' Hara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 276
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- (continued from previous page)part of the country and there is no need for a flax-scutcher.There are more new trades now than there were long ago. There are bicycle- mechanics, motor- mechanics, veterinary surgeons and dentists.
- Now a man gets twelve shillings a week for cutting turf. He gets fifteen shillings a week for threshing or mowing hay. A man gets twelve shillings a week for putting out yard manure. He gets a half crown a day for bringing in [?] He gets four shillings a day for mowing corn.He starts work at about(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Durkan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doonty, Co. Mayo
