School: Cluain Mór (1), Baile an Droichid
- Location:
- Clonmore, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Laochdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 112
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- "Usurymen"
"There was four [?] usury men round here when I was young, Charlie Doyle, Pat Brien, Joe Archer and Dan Donohoe- them is four local wars. You'd ask them for so much money- a pound, five pound, or ten pound- they usen't care to give more nor ten and then if they were satisfied whith your two bails they'd give it to you. Well some used to charge 3d a month for a pound and more of them used to charge 4d a month. Then they used to stop the interest when they used to be giving the money. This would be down to fifty years ago.
I remember plenty of cases of sazing. I seen Joe Archer upon the Weaver's ground, he saized upon stacks oats and he sold them.
Mick Brien of Coolmannagh he took the frame(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Edward Mc Donald
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 88
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Clonmore, Co. Carlow
