School: Liathdruim (roll number 1125)
- Location:
- Leitrim, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Meehan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 481
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with two horses pulling them, and they sleep in them at night. The pedlar has not any van, he has to take a night's lodging. Very few of the tinkers have vans, they make up tents, to sleep in. The tinkers sell tin-cans, porringers, scoops, boilers, artificial-flowers, and mats. The woman of the house does not like to see the tinkers coming.The gipsies and tinkers travel in bands or groups. They have regular camping places, and generally spend two or three days wherever the camps are setup. There are two groups of tinkers who frequently visit this locality. They are the McDonoughs and the Reilley's. At sport meetings, races, regattas, and perhaps at football-matches, other travelling folks are always to be seen. They are the "three-card " man, the "trick-of-the-loop" man, the man with the "wheel--of-fortune," or the roulette tables, and of course the ballad-singer and strolling musician.In former days when newspapers were scarce, and "wireless," and "broadcasting" unknown, these travelling folk were welcomed by the country people. They brought news from other districts, and when such a traveller took up lodging for the night in a particular house, many of the local people gathered to that house, eager(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leitrim, Co. Leitrim
