School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)
- Location:
- Drom an Dúdhoire, Co. an Chláir
- Teachers: Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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1st February 1938.
Folklore.
Beggars are very numerous. Sometimes three or four families gather together and make camps on the roadside.
The women go from house to house begging tea,sugar bread,milk ,butter and potatoes.
They also beg turf and make fires to cook their meals .
The men make all kind of tinware such as buckets,cans and saucepans and the women sell them to the farmers wifes .After(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dannie Mac Mahon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drom an Dúdhoire, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Michael Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drom an Dúdhoire, Co. an Chláir
