School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)
- Location:
- Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Hugh Mc Kee Fleck
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- Shops were not so common in olden times as they are now. The people living around here had to go to Derry, the nearest market town, to make purchases. Buying and selling were carried on after Mass, but that is not practised now. Labour was sometimes given in exchange for goods. "Boot" was a word connected wit buying and selling, if two people were exchanging two articles and one was not as good as the other, one would give money with the inferior articles to(continues on next page)