School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 036
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- (continued from previous page)the houses to hear them telling stories about their travels in the West of Kerry. They slept in the nearest corner to the fire. They used have a sop of straw under them for a bed which was known as a shake-down. They generally got their supply at Dingle. They had their own food. They used to travel on a donkey and cart.
Old Dick McCarthy used to collect rags and he used give pins and needles in exchange for them.
The Coffeys were an old race of tinkers. Old Tom and his three sons Bart, Mick and Jack. The people had great welcome for them.
- Collector
- Breandáin Ó Choncubhair
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Pádruig Ó Concubhair
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 77
