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School: Cor an Chasáin

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Cornasaus, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 294

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 294

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    turnips, hay, straw, plants, cabbages, and some vegetables are sold. There was a market for pork on every Wednesday; but that is abolished now owing to a Government act passed, that all porrk pigs had to be brought to the factory for the distribution of control prices to the pigholders. Seeds of various kinds are brought to the market-square for sale on Saturdays, and the local buyers or "seedmen" as they are called commence buying about eleven o'clock and conclude about one o'clock Each bag of seeds when bought is weighed on the marked-house crane, and a tare of three pence is charged by the owner of the crane for each bag. Farmers who live within a radius of a mile from the town bring their vegetables and also their milk to their particular customers
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Arthur B. B. Thompson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornanurney, Co. Cavan