1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Uragh (C.)

School: Uragh (C.)

Location:
Uragh, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
E. Mc Caffrey
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0969, Page 070

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0969, Page 070

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Uragh (C.)
  2. XML Page 070
  3. XML “Shops in District”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Shops in District (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    The bill was made up and Pat said he was 1/2d short in the payment and he reduced the quantity to meet the price.
    In later years buying and selling took place after mass on Sundays. Butter and eggs were bartered for groceries. Boys and girls went to work for goods received by their parents.
    The words ''tick'' and ''boot'' were in common use. A dealer exchanging an article for a better one would usually give something else-either in money or value as ''boot'' in addition to the article exchanged.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr John Cassidy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cullatagh, Co. Fhear Manach