1862. Would that be about the usual thing?-Yes; that was generally about the usual thing.
1863. Did you ever get the whole price of a shawl or of any hosiery goods in money?-No; I never asked it.
1864. Do you live at home with your people, or did you live by yourself before you were married?-I lived at home with my father.
1865. So that you did not require any money with which to purchase food for yourself?-No.
1866. You merely knitted to supply yourself with dress, or whatever you wanted for yourself?-Yes.
1867. Did you require for your dress all the payments you received for your knitting?-No, I cannot say that I required it all for myself. I might have supplied some of my brothers or sisters with any little thing they wanted.
1868. Did they repay you for that, or did you make a present of it to them?-I generally made a present of it to them, as I was at home.
1869. Would you have preferred to have been paid wholly in money?-I should prefer to be paid part of both, if I could manage it.
1870. Would you prefer to get half the price in money?-Yes, I would like that very well.
1871. Could you not get one half of it in money if you asked for it?-I believe if I had asked for it I could have got it, but I did not ask it.