School: Ballinatone, Rathdrum
- Location:
- Baile na Tóna Íochtarach, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teachers: Miss Stuart Miss Campbell
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- I know one shop and it was built on a hill (bh) behind my house. It is not there now. It was about half a mile from my house. The people used to buy after mass.
People used to work in exchange for food and sometime they would give goods.
A sixpence was called a "tanner" A shilling was called a "bob".
A pound was called a "quid" There are other names for money
Cecil IReland
Whaley Abbey
Rathdrum
- The unlucky days to sell anything are Sunday, and Good Friday. People give "boot" with anything if their thing is not as good as the other person's.
Frank Ellison
Whaley Abbey
Rathdrum. - Collector
- Cecil Ireland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Bheitheánach (Whaley), Co. Chill Mhantáin
