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School: Mostrim (B.) (roll number 2083)

Location:
Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Richard Hyland
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    10adh Meitheamh, 1938.

    Old Saying for Money

    A halfpenny used to be called a "make" and a penny was a "wing" and a three penny bit a "kids eye", a sixpence a "tanner",a shilling a "bob", a ten shilling note "Bradbury" and a pound a "quid".
    People who used to get things for nothing used to say they got it on the "Cathleen Movurnin system".
    It may be for years and it may be for ever. Shops were as common in the older times as they are now.

    Gregory Yorke
    Told to me by my Father.
    Dr Yorke
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gregory Yorke
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Dr Yorke
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male