School: Clochar na Trócaire, Buirgheas Uí Luighdheach (roll number 3486)
- Location:
- Buiríos Ó Luigheach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Oilibhéir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 137
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- (continued from previous page)those days. "Hucksters" are poor people going around selling pins and brooches, laces, studs and small articles. Pedlars go around selling and carrying them on their backs Some people come around buying skins and old feathers Copper was the first mineral that came to Ireland. A quid, a tanner, a kid's eye were names of coins.
In former times shops were never opened on Sunday, but a woman by the name of Eliza Carty used come from Thurles with a cart and horse. She set up a stall on the square just outside the chapel gates. She used sell apples, oranges, gingerbread and currants and gooseberries when in season. "Coring"[?] was carried on among the farmers. This meant that during a busy season one farmer helped another and that farmer returned the labour in some other way.
About twenty years ago there were three annual fairs held in Borrisoleigh(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Pat Mahon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Buiríos Ó Luigheach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
