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School: Faithche (Buachaillí)

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Fahy More, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0087, Page 403

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0087, Page 403

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    at our house. Sometimes the people of the house, they visit give them tea, and bread. The alms they accept are, flour, bread, butter, potatoes, tea, and sugar.
    The Gypsies do not call at the district so often nowadays, but about eight years ago they frequently visited it.
    Every family of tinkers have carts or a caravan, so they do not need to walk very much, except when they are going from house to house. They travel in bands usually. The tinkers are the people that visit the district most frequently. The Summer, and Autumn are the two special times that they visit the district. They come before the fair-days.
    Sometimes the people who stay a night in a house tell stories,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Joseph Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs James Cusack
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brockagh, Co. Mayo