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School: Naomh Féichín, Mainistir

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Abbey, Co. Galway
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Séan De Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0187

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    Some of them have flowers to sell.
    6. The tinkers also say horse-hair, and feathers, and broken wool, asses and horses. They are always going from fair, to fair. Like the gipsies they are very troublesome.
    7. The men of the tinkers are no pity at all, as they are well able to look out for them-selves, and drink lots of porter but the women with their little babies, in their arms, put people should be kind to them as far as they are able. But they as well as the men are able to drink porter and whiskey.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dillie Abberton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kylebrack, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs F. Abberton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kylebrack, Co. Galway