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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    Buying and Selling.
    Shops were not as common in olden times as they are nowadays. Tea and sugar and flour were not to be got plentifully in olden times, The people used to exchange one animal for another such as, a horse for a cow, sheep for a calf, and if a man had to give money to another man he would have to give him a few days working because money was not plentiful long ago.
    The people used
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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
    Mary Agnes Barrett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killaderry, Co. Galway