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   Markets were held in towns and are still held there but are very small now as fowl buyers call for fowl eggs - dealers for eggs and milk is sent to the creamery. Shops where goods were bought and sold in very small quantities were known as hucksters shops. Pedlars were people who used to travel through the country selling small articles such as brooches, ring, chains sometimes delph, china and glass ware. These goods were carried in a basket on the arm or in a pack on the back. Some of those are still to be seen. Dealers in feathers and rags used to visit the district also. The feathers were sold for money but pins, needles, laces, hair pins and very large pins called corker pins were given in exchange for the rags. The shilling is often referred to as a "bob" and the sixpence is called a "tanner". A coin called a fourpenny bit has gone out of use.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Shaun Briody

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rockfield, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mr John Mc Cabe

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   86

   Address

   Latnadronagh, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mr Philip Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   80

   Address

   Rockfield, Co. Cavan