School: Collon (roll number 14579)

Location:
Collon, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhathúna

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 289

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Long ago people used be paid with goods instead of money, If they worked with a farmer, for a few days, they got a bag of oats, or meal, or perhaps butter, or milk, as payment. If they worked with a shopkeeper they got perhaps tea and sugar.

Collector
Kitty Hanratty
Gender
female
Address
Collon, Co. Louth
Language
English

In former times people did not go to towns to buy goods, but bought them from travellers, who went around selling or exhanging goods, some of

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