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Yeah exactly, a “shop” can be anything from a market to a lumberyard. Kids would sometimes have to just be “around” so the group of adults could keep an eye out while they worked. Eventually, the kids see enough that they start asking questions or suggest improvements to the process. Then they get sucked into the job.