School: Cathair Loisgreáin (B)

Location:
Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic de Chlár
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0291

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  1. Travellers very often go around and call from house to house. Some are called gypsies others pedlars and tin smiths. The gypsies sell blessed pictures & laces, rings brooches, jam moulds and butter coolers. They carry these things in switch baskets. The pedlars sell pens and clothes brushes and needles. The people give them horsehair and broken wool in exchange. The tin smiths sell saucepans, tin cans and lanterns. They travel in caravans drawn by horses. The pedlars stay in houses every night. The names of some of these travellers are Wards & Cullins. They do not stay long in the houses & the people buy many things from them.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Raighne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Caherakeeny, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Reaney
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Caherakeeny, Co. Galway