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School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

Location:
Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 026

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 026

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  4. XML “Buying and Selling”

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  1. Clothes Made Locally (continued)

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    clothes made with cloth. There names are Michael Bourke and John Hayes one of them was Knockdonee and the other is from [?]inaha. There are socks and stockings knitted in my district and long ago they were spinning in my district
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  2. Buying and Selling

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    The shops were as common in olden times as they are now. The people usually went for what the wanted to the near town there are several words connected with buying and selling such as tick. When a man sells an animal to another man and gives him a week or two to pay tick, In days gone by fairs were held in Thurles and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Bourke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cullahill, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Patrick Bourke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Cullahill, Co. Tipperary