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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 215

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    Long ago shops were not common. There were houses where tobacco and drink were sold on the sly out in the country. Those houses were small, and people would go in for a drink or tobacco. But they would pretend it was in for a fork or a spade they went. There would be someone on the watch all the time to see were there any revenue men coming. those houses were called "shebeens".
    Buying and selling were carried on after Mass on Sunday. Men would sell their cattle and horses, and women would sell their linen and flannel.
    If a man could not pay his
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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
    Sheila Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13