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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
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S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 273

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    Here is a list of coins that are gone out of use : - the crown, the fourpenny bit, and the four-shilling piece. The fourpenny bit was called a "groat".
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  2. Buying and Selling

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    Shops were not very common in the country in olden times, and on that account people had to go to the town to get goods for the house.
    Buying and selling were carried on after Mass on Sunday, but this custom is not practised now. The goods that were sold this way were tea, sugar, tobacco and drink.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shurock, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    52
    Address
    Shurock, Co. Westmeath