School: An t-Iubhar (Ture)
- Location:
- Ture, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 301
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- (continued from previous page)than needed the money they get back is called "change".
There are many men who come to this district to sell goods. Some of these men are pedlars and others sell shoes, combs, and laces. The pedlars come to the district with a big bundle of cloth. Other men sell stockings, dresses, and coats.
Some men come to the district to bu y horse hair and feathers. When selling horse hair or feathers the people sell them by the pound and get ten pence or a shilling per pound.
Tinkers arre very common in this district now a days. They go from house to house and sell tins of various kinds. These tinkers go from one district to another in caravans.
Some people in our district call a half-penny a "make" and a penny a "wing".
Some coins that were in use long ago are not in use now-adays. These are a four penny piece and a four shilling piece. When a person gives away a coin and it comes back to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Crossan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John James Crossan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
