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 123

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    in the country shops. Buying and selling was carried on after mass. Fruit and vegetables were sold outside the chapel gate. The words connected with buying and selling were - boot, earnest, luck and change. It was considered unlucky to buy or sell on a Monday. There were monthly markets in Kildorrery, Co. Cork which are now discontinued. Money was not always given for goods, but goods were exchanged. Labour was very often given in exchange for goods
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  2. Shops were not so numerous in the middle of the last century as they are at the present day. The same way of purchasing goods was carried on in those days as it is now. Up to twenty five years ago two huxters' shops were situated in this locality. One of them took eggs in exchange for bread while the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boleynanoultagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Cullenagh, Co. Cork