School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)

Location:
Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 395

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 395

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    traveling shops no trains nor lorries all goods had to be carried from place to place by horses and there were many carters in every town.
    Those were the classes that made our towns in the past not shops as we have now.
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  2. Shopping was done long ago in a different way from the way it is done nowadays.
    The old people used to go around the country with ass cars selling tea, tobacco, sugar thread soap and other articles.
    They used to give those goods to the country people in exchange for eggs.
    Those people were called huxters.
    they used generally live in
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Tom Wolfe
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Wolfe
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45