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School: An Cnoc (C.) (roll number 16123)

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Knock, Co. Mayo
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Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 225

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    a board over this and this served for a counter. They sold the tea in ounces and half ounces and they sold the sugar in half pounds. Some people only bought tea at Christmas and then it was a great treat. They went to the market in donkey carts and brought their butter and eggs with them. They sold the butter which they had packed in ferkins at a half crown or three shillings a pound. There were no men gathering eggs those days and they sold them at the markets. If the people were not doing a good business at home the woman of the house would go round the villages that were near her with a basket on her arm and she would sell, tea, sugar, bread and pins. They had no need to sell bag stuff because the people ground their own oatmeal and flour
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madow Jennings
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Jennings
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    94
    Address
    Eskerymorilly, Co. Mayo