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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 229

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  1. The Travelling Folk

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    The tinkers are the travelling folk about this part of Ireland. They live along the road-side under the hedges. The tinkers go around the country side begging. The tinkers made flowers and go around selling them. They build their camps out of long rods, canvas, and old clothes. Some of them stay in canvas caravans. Sometimes they have nick-names. Here are some of the nick-names. "Forty Petticoats" because she had so many petticoats. She puts on all her clothes when she is changing from one place to another. That's the cause she is called forty-petticoats. The men buy tin and make pots, cans, buckets, and porringers
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Donleavy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Dunleavy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim