School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)

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   immediately after the bargain is made, and before the other nine - that is called "earnest".
   In former times it was considered unlucky to part with money on Monday, because it was thought you would be giving it away for the rest of the week. At the present time that custom has died out, because of so many fairs and markets falling on Monday, and buyers paying for cattle and other animals.
   In former times hucksters, pedlars, and dealers were not as scarce as now. Dealers come here always dealing in feathers, horse hair, and old mahogany furniture. A shilling is known as a "bob" a sixpence is called a "tanner" or a "take", a pound note, a "quid", and a penny, a "lap"[?] These are, of course, only new "slang" terms. It was customary in days gone by - up to about twenty five years ago - to have certain buyers come to Dromore Cross on a fixed day each week to buy butter, eggs, and fowl.
   Other small shopkeepers used go, through the district with a pony and car buying eggs and fowl on certain days. Each used take a circuitous route, and in this way, five or six townlands used be visited each day.
   These people used also take nearly all small household articles for sale to the

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trade
            1. buying and selling (~3,622)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mícheál Ó Ríogháin

   Gender

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