8306. And you know that the merchant would rather sell you the goods than give you money?-I cannot say that I ever saw any case with any merchant I ever dealt with where he would not give us the money if we had asked for it. I never was much in debt to any merchant.
8307. But it was mostly your husband that took the goods in?- Yes. I never was much in with any merchant, and therefore I could go to any place where thought I could get most for my work.
Brae, January 13, 1872, MARGARET WILLIAMSON, examined.
8308. Do you live in Muckle Roe?-Yes.
8309. Do you knit or make cloth?-I knit mostly, but I make some cloth too. I knit men's shirts and women's sleeves.
8310. Do you knit with your own wool?-I have to buy some but I have some of my own too.
8311. The wool was not given out to you to knit?-No.
8312. Where do you sell what you knit?-For the last three years I have sold it in Lerwick.
8313. Do you always go to Lerwick with it?-Yes, with all that I knit.
8314. Do you always get goods for your knitting?-Yes; I get goods, because I can get nothing else.