Molly Malone
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"Molly Malone" is a song set in Dublin, Ireland, which has become the city's unofficial anthem.
Statue of Molly Malone and her cart at the current location on Suffolk Street, Dublin (2022)
Souvenir statuette of Molly Malone
"Cockles and Mussels" in Students' Songs (1884)
Statue of Molly Malone at its original location on Grafton Street (2007)
Hawker (trade)
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A hawker is a vendor of merchandise that can be easily transported; the term is roughly synonymous with costermonger or peddler. In most places where the term is used, a hawker sells inexpensive goods
Molly Malone
…died young, of a fever. In the late 20th century, a legend grew up that a historical Molly lived in the 17th century. She is typically represented as a hawker by day and a part-time prostitute by night. In contrast, she has also been portrayed as one of the few chaste female street hawkers of her day. There…
Street vendors, as hawkers are referred to in the United States, particularly in New York City, sell food at the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, in Lower Manhattan.
Hawkers selling bags and sunglasses on a sidewalk in central Rome, Italy
Fresco from the House of Julia Felix, Pompeii depicting scenes of various hawkers and traders at the Forum
Musical hawkers from the house of Dioskourides of Samos, Pompeii