School: Teach Mhic Conaill (roll number 15614)
- Location:
- Taghmaconnell, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Tuathaig
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- Shops were not common in olden times. The people had to go to the nearest town to make purchases there. Buying and selling was not carried on after Mass. Money was not always given for goods. They used exchange one thing for another. Sometimes labour was given for goods. The words connected with buying and selling were 'boot', 'tick' and 'change'. What they mean by 'boot' was if a person gave a thing worth the same value to another person one of them would give a few shillings extra, that was called 'boot'. To get a thing on 'tick' means to get it on credit.There was a family in Camla known as Jordans who used gather rags(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosie Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Taghmaconnell, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Andrew Grehan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Onagh, Co. Roscommon