School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 261
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- "Travelling Folk".
Travelling folk call at my home very often, and the same people have being coming for years. Some of them are very poor. Some of them go around from one house to another selling small articles, and more of them with religious pictures, and sans. Only some people buy from them. Only some people buy from them. Sometimes people have welcome for them, but not unless they want to buy something from them. They remain about one week in the same place. Some of them sleep in tents, and more of them in caravans on the side of the road. They do not have any food with them only what they beg in houses. They take any alms they get, they take bread, butter, milk, flour, meat and potatoes ect. They do not travel on foot, they always have spring-carts. Some families go by themselves, and others go in bands. The names of some of them(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tess Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrycashel, Co. Ros Comáin
