[{"node":{"title":"Hanna074","Collections":"Part One","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna074","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"City, Poultry","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna074","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Hanna074_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"69\n\nBelfast rose before them, above the tree tops. They wound care fully\ndown the lone: hill into the city, the people on tho road became more\nnumerous, and the hedges t.ave \u00abay to the heavy grey walls of an estate.\nThen came a row of whitewashed cottages, once the village of Castlereadh\nbut now chained to the city by row upon row of redbrick houses. Hamilton\nreined the horse down to walking pace as they joined the long jolting'\ncavalcade of carts arriving in from the townlands lying to the south and\neast. Towering among them the horse-trams lurched slowly towards the\ncity centre,\n\nHamilton, unlikely the majority of his fellow-farmers, sold his\nbutter, eggs, fowl and garden crops direct to a grocer situated near the\nmarket district. In return he bought nails, paraffin and whatever house-\nhold goods were required in Rathard. In the old days his father had come\nwith a list in his vest pocket, but now he had Sarah to help him, he\nbought cheese and rice and currants and raisins and barley, and a side of\ndried ling for their own needs. She asked for a feeding bucket and a\nscore of coloured leg-rings for the spring poultry. \u201cI couldna have\ncarried a better list to market,\" said Hamilton as she passed from counter\nto counter. She laughed and coloured a little. She watched him as he\nmade his purchases for the outdoor life of Rathard. He was taller and\nbulkier in his homespun clothes than the people around him, and as he\nlifted, talked and moved about he seemed to overshadow the dark crowded\nshop. All their purchases made, Hamilton arranged to call for them on\nthe way home and Sarah and he went out to the cart, here was a warm pride\nand pleasure towards each other as they mounted again and drove further\ninto the heart of the city.\n","Type":"Text"}}]