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School: Nurney (roll number 16345)

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Nurney, Co. Kildare
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S. Ó Buadhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 140

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  1. A Prayer

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
      2. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Bohan
    Gender
    Male

  2. Names Given to Coins

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    A halfpenny is called a fluke.
    A penny is called a wing.
    A three piece is called a kid's eye.
    A sixpence is called a tanner.
    A shilling is called a bob.
    A half crown is called a half a dollar.
    A crown is called a dollar.
    A ten shilling note is called a half a skiff.
    A pound is called a quid of skiff.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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