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    filling of firkins. They used take it to town and one would get the value the week and the other next week. Drink was very cheap that time, porter was sold for 4D per pint. It was also very hard for the poor farmers going such long journeys to fairs getting up at 2 o'clock and driving their cattle with the aid of lamps, and then having to wait several hours before the buyer would come to them. They used have money made out of leather. There was once a man and he took a load of Oats to Killarney to pay his rent. Once there lived a man and he carried a small black cow with very big horns, when asked by the jobber "how much for the frame", the owner answered "handle bars and all going together". Another man had a very big cow and when asked "how much for the hearse" answered, "all according to how for you have to carry the corpse".
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Catherine Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelcon, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Daniel Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Eileen Hanrahan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leanamore, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Elizabeth O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Kathleen Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leanamore, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Mary Finiucane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballylongford, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Thomas Hanrahan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leanamore, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Daniel Finiucane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Ballylongford, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Denis Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Meelcon, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Denis Hanrahan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Leanamore, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Leanamore, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Leanamore, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Richard Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Leanamore, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Thomas Hanrahan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Leanamore, Co. Kerry