School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)

Location:
Graigue, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 122

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  1. People had to go to the nearest town or village to make purchases. Buying and selling was carried on in the street after mass as well as in the shops. Sgiacs were sold during the potato harvest; these were needed to pick and wash the potatoes. Scollops and cabbage plants were also sold. In olden times when exchanging a low-priced animal for a higher-priced one money was given with the former; this was called "boot". Buying an article "on tick" means that you are not paying for it for some time. Luck was also given - the person who sells the article gives back some money to the buyer so that he might have luck with it. Dealers in feathers and horse-hair and scrap-iron used to come around the district. Some of these still come.
    Sometimes about a quarter of an acre of potato garden was given in exchange for labour, as well as money.
    Collector: Patrick Dwane
    Informant: Mr. James Dwane
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Durane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghacross, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr James Durane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Aghacross, Co. Cork
  2. Up to thirty and forty years ago there were three shops at the Cross of Graigue, Kildorrery, Co. Cork. People had to go the towns for goods that were not kept
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.