School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máthais Íde
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 242
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- Shops were not common long ago. But there were houses in which tobacco and drink were sold without a license. These were called "shebeens", and were out far in the country in lonely backwards places.
On a Sunday the people would sell wool, linen, yarn and cattle on the road-side and bargain there all day.
There were many words that were used in buying and selling such as "boot" that is :- if anyone was buying a cow for £15 and he had only £13 he would give a calf to "boot" to make up the sum.
A "meitheal" was a number of men or boys gathered together to work for a widow who had no one to work for her.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bertha Mullen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
