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The Channel Isles, e.g. Jersey, werebpartvof Normandy and fully integrated into its coin economy. The other isles, such asvthebOrkneys and Man were Norsebterritorybandbtook to cashbasvthe Norse did

Thank you for your comments below, in answer to my previous observation and question.

Isles such as the Outer Hebrides lagging in cash-economizing what they once looked as barter-economics-able makes me mull why they might make that move.

Would present British-Isles-ers of the isles such as Inner and Outer Hebrides, Jersey and Man be among those persevering in traditional beliefs and practices and procrastinating politico-socio-economic change?

I must say that bit was the North West of Scotland, around Loch Maree and in the region of Lochaber that still had a barter economy.

Maybe the Outer Hebrides, but I am uncertain.

Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.

That highland Scotland "did not have a cash economy until the early nineteenth century" intrigues me.

Might there have been other areas of what merged into the present-day United Kingdom without a cash economy until the above time (or even later)?

The payment would have varied. In some areas it would be in coin, but in others, e.g. highland Scotland, which did not have a cash economy until the early nineteenth century, payment was in kind, with food, other items such as cloth or services.

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The "local wise women" charging intrigues me.

Their charging and the Church nuns not lets the former perhaps learn more easily about Church healing lore from patients not loaded with healing-services charges than the latter learning from patients less likely to let others freely learn what they logged healing-services charges (and perhaps debts?) for.

Might it be known payment amounts and forms?

Some were church people, though their ministry was not within the church structure. But some were traditional healers. Some paid lip service to Christianity.

Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.

The phrase "local wise women" intrigues me.

Might these wise women have been Church believers and practitioners or otherwise?

It depends on the area. Sometimes there was a choice of medical specialist, but often the choice was between the church and local wise women, but the church gave service for free,

Thank you for your comment below, on Aug. 19, 2017, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.

Hildegard applying her herbal astuteness to fellow nuns and local people intrigues me.

Might the local people have only convent knowledge or would there have been competing or cooperating apothecaries?

There are basic facilities, such as a freezer and showers.

It sounds like a pleasant place in an otherwise wilderness

The computer crashed before I commenced another component of my comment-question below.

The Old Sawmill Tearoom page advises us that "Visitors with dogs are very welcome at the tables outside the cafe."

Are felines and other sentient-animal companions allowed?

It depends on the high school. In this state one needs 12 college hours in a subject to be allowed to teach it, provided one has the other requirements. Some schools teach calculus and college level algebra, and more, but many high school teachers do not have the background to teach advanced math. The 12 hours can, and often do, include courses that did not count for math majors. In high school I had, albeit a long time ago, two algebra courses, one trig and one geometry course. The algebra was not at the level of college algebra.

So fewer people write at calculus and other college level courses.