School: Bennekerry, Carlow
- Location:
- Bennekerry, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Liam Ó hAodha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 375
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Bennekerry, Carlow
- XML Page 375
- XML “Travelling Folk”
- XML “Travelling Folk”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Many travellers come around this district. The best known are the Berrys and the Cashes. They have been coming around here for years. They always come before fairs. They sell cans and tables. Some of the women tell fortunes and stories and a great many people gather round them to hear the stories.
- Collector
- James Harmon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rutland, Co. Carlow
- Before the horse fair in Castledermott, people named Berrys call around this district, selling horses, asses, mats, tables, and paper flowers. They sometimes tell fortunes with a pack of cards. They live in caravans, and cook their food by the side of the road. For over fifty years their ancestors have been travelilng around this district(continues on next page)
