School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)
- Location:
- Camphire, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Nóra Bean Uí Chradóig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0636, Page 418
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- (continued from previous page)Travelling people do not visit the houses as often as they used to come years ago but some of the old travellers still come to the house. Most of them are very poor and are supported by the people who give them alms. Most of the women carry a basket and sell small articles; people usually buy from them.
They get their articles in Cork or Waterford where they can buy cheaper and sometimes sell to make a little profit. They never remain longer than a night at each house; they generally sleep in an out-house and some of them have food with them. They generally look for pennies and would accept old clothes.
The men generally walk but the women are always seen with a donkey and cart. They mostly travel in families; the best known of them are Hogans the tinkers and these are the frequent visitors to my district. They are most frequently seen before Lismore monthly fair and Tallow [?]-fair and they have the news of other countries going from door to door.
- In a field in Deerpark, Lismore, Co. Waterford(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Tomás Ó Nunáin
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Camphire, Co. Waterford
