Wheeling & Dealing At Kenmare Fair, Co. Kerry, Ireland 1967

A fast talking street trader cajoles customers into buying coats from his stall at Kenmare Fair in County Kerry.
A coat salesman at Kenmare Fair in County Kerry attracts plenty of attention to his wares from potential customers with his witty sales patter. An elderly man carefully inspecting a blue serge coat is told,
There’s no fleas in it sir, you don’t have to look for them.
The trader wants 22 shillings and sixpence for this particular coat but the old man offers him 15 shillings. The pair agree upon the final price of 17 shillings and sixpence.
When a younger man offers a pound for another coat, the salesman likens him to the Shylock in William Shakespeare play ‘The Merchant of Venice’.
The salesman wants five pounds for the coat and the pair haggle back and forth over the price. When the man offers three pounds for the coat the trader remarks
You must be used to stolen property down here.
Refusing to budge from his three pound offer the man beats a hasty retreat from the stall. As he departs the stallholder revises his price to three pounds and ten shillings, but to no avail.
This edition of ‘Cross Country’ was broadcast on 19 February 1967.

[@patodwyer721]

Nice one, he'd sell sand to an Arab😂

[@anthonymctigue9038]

Them were the days haglin at the FAIR

[@nia.d3356]

"stand up straight and look your height" what a wonderful way to empower a young lanky wan to take pride in their height and stand up proper! :)

[@rerite2]

"Aye, he's like Shylock with a pound of flesh!" says the coat seller. Say that today and most people will ask, "Who's Shylock?" I miss the days articulate, funny conversations. Now it's monosyllabic utterances during partial-attention spasms, phone in hand.

[@plejady]

"Who's Shylock?

[@harmonizedigital.]

@@plejady merchant of venice

[@plejady]

@@harmonizedigital. have you ever notice how you come across somebody once in while you shouldn't have fucked with? That's me.

[@mralekito]

Ah, those were the days. When you'd buy a coat and sure, it would last you twenty years. £3 would be around €60/€65 euro today.

[@cheetah2908]

@@sweeners4206 ur math is waayyy offff

[@garymcmanus9946]

Cheap skate....any decent coat is gonna cost at least£150 euro

[@Omegaures]

@@cheetah2908 inflation and cost of living dumby

[@noelmaher4633]

I think my parents bought me there...

[@jamescoughlan8193]

Lol quoting Shakespeare, the banter is worth three pounds alone, the coats a bonus.

[@shaun5944]

This is brilliant. The Good old days. Don't see good old characters like this anymore. Reminds me of myself and my people, we used to love having a deal. Thank you for posting this. 👍👋🇬🇧

[@terryhobdell491]

15th of August used to come back from England every year from 1946

[@somemothersson4184]

Great, i'm looking for the full video please if you have it? Cheers

[@nialljohnson5191]

Reminds me of the Monty Python bit where the vendor is selling Brian a beard.

[@wildpinto3291]

Buy a raincoat get a free cow.

[@marycull3607]

The first Arthur Daly. Lol.

[@choctaw6838]

Ah, the old money . Happy days Excellent video ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@garymcmanus9946]

Selling snow to the Eskimo that one boy..

[@Discover-Ireland]

I do be dealing the same ways meself. As my father would alway say always keep a few pounds in yer pocket as yall never know when yal come cross a bargain

[@5309z-i5t]

My grandmother is from Kenmare.

[@gailday3781]

,❤️🍀