School: An Clochar (roll number 14705)
- Location:
- Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mother Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 188
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- (continued from previous page)peace sake, as it takes more than one refusal to dismiss the itinerant merchant.
Woolworths have supplied the emporium which enables the travelling salesman to buy cheap articles which realize a living profit for him.
Some of the travelling folk who have families are now provided with horse or mule-drawn wagons, but many of them sleep in farmers’ out-houses and hay sheds.
Many of them are in a position to buy their food, but most of them get it by begging.
One will meet the tramp who will refuse food, and insist upon money.
A tribe of tinkers, called Mc Donaghs are familiar figures in the West and North West of Ireland. They make a point of attending the monthly fairs and Harvest Fairs. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Gillespie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
