School: Crossmolina (B.)
- Location:
- Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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- The shops that we have now very common in olden times but they were not as big as they are now. The local farmers used to go round to the fairs such as Newtown, Moyne, Enaghbeg and Enaghmor [?]. Fairs are not held now in the mentioned. The farmers used to make purchases among themselves and only now and again buyers used to come. A lot of business was carried on after mass on Sundays bringing home the weekly supplies for a country house such as meal, flour, tea, sugar and other things as well
On Market days this is still practised(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael Geraghty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr John Loftus
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Crossmolina, Co. Mayo