The island was all Gaelic speaking then and folk would sit at night telling the old stories. What happened to my great uncle Tom MacPhail was part of an old world that is almost gone now.
The sweet seller looked at Jacob with a twinkle in his eye. It is part of an old world he smiled. Very ancient. Almost gone.
Maybe it will come back Jacob replied.
Yes. Maybe the sweet seller said. As the children took their sweets and left the sweet seller replaced the jar.
Maybe indeed.