School: Fearglass (roll number 15616)
- Location:
- Fearglass South, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Floinn
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- About here travelling folk are called basket-men.
The travelling folk sell combs, laces, needles, and glasses. They go about walking and some of them go on bicycles. Some of them sell the making of clothes. They are called peddlers. They sell cloth for suits, or womens coats. The bask men sell collar-pins, shirt-buttons, and tie pins. They are not very poor. There are different kinds of travelling folk, some of them sell tins. They are called tinsmith or tinkers. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Joe Milton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Beihy, Co. Leitrim