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School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)

Location:
Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mrs Anna Ewing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 288

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    Shops were not common in the old days and there is only one little shop nearer than Sligo twon. It is three and a half miles from us and Sligo is five. We get bread and paraffin oil and odd things in the near shop but most things we get from town. The people round here sell milk in town every day and it is Easy Enough now to get a message out. Long ago my father + mother went to town on a cart every Saturday for the groceries. Sometimes potatoes were given to the Grocer in payment for good. Goods bought without
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jennie Lindsay
    Gender
    Female