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School: Richmond (roll number 14400)

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Richmond, Co. Mayo
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Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 178

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    Shops were not common in olden times except in towns. When people want anything such as meal, flour, tea and sugar they had to go to the town for them. Buying was often carried on after Mass because the people that far away from the town had not much time during the week for coming into town. People seldom sell anything after Mass.
    The goods that were sold were tea, sugar, and other groceries. Money that was usually given for the goods people bought in carts of potatoes or turnips or a cart of turf in exchange for goods. Work was seldom given in exchange for goods. In Crossmolina there is no special field for
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycarroon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Willie Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    Over 50
    Address
    Ballycarroon, Co. Mayo