ABSTRACT
Seldom, in the old days, did men concern themselves with market affairs; they were regarded as pertaining to women rather than to men. The goods offered for sale were mostly connected with the domestic side of the household, and the wives were chiefly responsible for this. A man who purchased foodstuff was generally one who had no women-folk to minister to his needs. Here and there, a man might assist by carrying a load to market, but it was not a common practice.
