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School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)

Location:
Dysart, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 064

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    Shops were more common in olden times than what they are now. People went to the market in Drogheda every Saturday and bought Indian meal wheaten meal & flour.
    Money wasn't always given for goods. Sometimes eggs and butter were given for goods. The words for credit were "tick" & strap".
    My Grandfather told me that a man went around with a wheel barrow, selling thread, laces, tobacco, clay-pipes & other things, & the people called him "Pat the Wheel Barrow".
    The names of coins were used, for a penny it was called a "wing" a "tanner" for a sixpence a halfpenny is called a "make"
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    F. Fay
    Address
    Clonmore, Co. Louth