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School: Knocknagilla

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Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
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T. Gilchrist
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0980, Page 025

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0980, Page 025

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    Now and again shops were set up in the district. Every Tuesday there was a market held in the nearest town. Things were bought, and on the following day an odd house sold these articles at a very cheap rate. A shop might be set up the next Wednesday or there might be another.
    Money was not given in exchange for these articles, but hens or geese or a day's or a few day's work. Buying and selling was not carried on after mass on Sundays but it was carried on, on Holydays after mass. Clothes, boots, and stockings and sometimes
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eugene Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Kate Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drummanbane, Co. Cavan