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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 22_027

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    Buying and Selling.
    The shops were not very plentiful long ago. The old people sold, and bought things differently to what they do now. The people exchanged their goods with other people. (The gave) a cow for a horse, a sheep for a calf and so on. The people had four penny fit. they called a pound a quid a sixpence a shilling a bob. The paper money to the best to have as silver or gold can be easily lost. Some people used to have
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Taylor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castle Ffrench, Co. Galway