School: Stackallen (roll number 1309)
- Location:
- Stackallan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: P.T. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0714, Page 154
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- (continued from previous page)building. The people around here say that if you sell anything to a protestant the money you get is supposed to be very lucky. A man called Tol Lol used to come round this district up to about twelve years ago. He used to sell and exchange delph for rags and bottles and rabbit skins. That was the last man that used to come round this district. The word "wing" is often used for a penny. The word "tanner" and "kick" is used for sixpence. The word "Bob" is used for a shilling.
The word a "half doller" is used for a half crown and the word "doller" is used for five shillings.
The word a "half note" or a "half quid" is used for ten shillings and the word "quid" is used for a pound and the word "note" is used for a pound also. The market towns of this district are Navan and Drogheda, where people sell eggs, butter, turkeys and fowl and some people that have customers and send eggs to Dublin.
- Collector
- Noel Meade
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stackallan, Co. Meath
