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School: Kilduff

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Kilduff Upper, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0962, Page 057

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0962, Page 057

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  1. XML School: Kilduff
  2. XML Page 057
  3. XML “Weavers and Spinners”
  4. XML “Buying and Selling”

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  1. Weavers and Spinners

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
        2. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Mc Guire
    Gender
    Female

  2. Buying and Selling

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    Long ago shops were not plentiful, the people of this district used to go to Drumshambo for their goods. Instead of going by the road, they used to cross Lake Allen by boat.
    "Boot" means, if one man was exchanging a bad animal, with another man for a good animal, the man with the bad animal, gave it, and some money for the good
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