School: Ballymahon (B.) (roll number 12690)

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1. Buying and Selling in Olden Times

   

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   Shops were not so common in olden times. People from the country had to go miles to the nearest town to purchase goods. Long ago there were stalls outside the chapel with sweets and cakes and bread selling in them. At missions the stall people selling food used do great business, for in those days there were not many missions held and people used come long distances to them. Buying and selling is carried on very much after Mass in this district. Long ago labour was given for goods; sometimes a man might employ a labourer to do a couple of day's work and he would give him a bag of potatoes or turnips or parsnips. Tick is a word very common in this district when buying and selling. Such as a person got a certain article on tick. That means the person did not pay for the article recieved. It is forbidden to transact business on Christmas Day or St. Patrick's Day. Long ago the shops were open on St. Patrick's Day. The markets were held long ago on a green in this town it was called the Fair green. The markets are held now on a part of the street called the "Market square. Long ago people

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trade
            1. buying and selling (~3,622)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tom Skelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymahon, Co. Longford

   Informant

   James Mc Grath

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   82

   Address

   Ballybranigan, Co. Longford