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School: Askeaton (C.) (roll number 2040)

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Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 234

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    Long ago there were only a few shops in this town. At that time the people in the country bought their goods on Sunday after Mass, which lasted them for the week.
    Goods were often bartered in this district, such as when a person sold a sheep, the buyer would give him the worth of it in crops or fruit.
    Sometimes when the buyer would not take the goods immediately after paying for them, he would give the seller something extra for to keep it for him, and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Askeaton, Co. Limerick