School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Kathleen Morris
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 298
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- Shops were not common in olden times. People had not much money then. They gave one commodity for another. For example if a person wanted his horse shod he would take a piece of meat or an oaten cake with him to the forge as payment for the smith. Selling which is still carried on in fairs in big towns was carried on then outside Catholic churches on important occasions; those assemblies were called Aonochs and were marked for exchanging all kinds of goods. There usually would be some man employed who would cant the goods, that is to make the most of each article. Old people used to tell how disputes and quarrels over land and property would be(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary J. Mc Guire
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Guire
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford
