School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí) Gleann na Madadh

Location:
Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 467

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  1. Shops were not plentiful long ago.
    People used buy their goods from travelling merchants.
    My parents do not remember goods being sold near the chapel on Sundays long ago.
    Money was not plentiful long ago.
    People long ago used sometimes buy their goods with money and sometimes they used give other things for them.
    Poor people used very often pay for their goods by work.
    Markets were held in the town and still are.
    Pedlars and husksters used be
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Gilligan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Eskeromullacaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Martin Gilligan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Eskeromullacaun, Co. Galway