School: Gleann na gCreabhar (Anglesboro), Baile Mhistéala (roll number 10262)

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   “My mother, God rest her soul and may the heavens be her bed, used to make grand sweet brown bread...”

   

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   When they were baking on the griddle they used to put Spreece on it that is the red ashes.

   

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   “Long ago the people used to do a lot of swapping in horses and cows.”

   

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   Long ago the people used to do a lot of swapping in horses and cows. If you had a cow which was worth more than the horse you were "swapping" for you had to get so much "boot" into the bargain. A man who is continually "swapping" horses and cows and buying and selling is called a "tangler." I knew a man who had a coin with a hole cut in the side and he could not get rid of it. It always came back to him again after six months. He might spend it in Ballylanden and in six months after he'd get back in change again Galbally (Co. Limk, Corhlea). We had funny names on the coins hten and they are still used to day: - 1. A penny - called "a wing" or "a copper." 2. Three penny bit or a kid's eye. 3. Six pence - a tanner.

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