School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Gilchrist
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- Now and again shops were set up in the district. Every Tuesday there was a market held in the nearest town. Things were bought, and on the following day an odd house sold these articles at a very cheap rate. A shop might be set up the next Wednesday or there might be another.
Money was not given in exchange for these articles, but hens or geese or a day's or a few day's work. Buying and selling was not carried on after mass on Sundays but it was carried on, on Holydays after mass. Clothes, boots, and stockings and sometimes(continues on next page)