School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 372
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- Tramps, tinkers beggars and gipsies call at out house very often.
It is not the same people who always calls, these are some of their names Reillys, Raineys, Wards and McDonoghs.
My people never heard of where they came from.
The gipsies sell pictures and delph that they buy in the shops.
The tinkers sell tin saucepans and cans. They make bags out of canvas and baskets out of rods.
The gipsies and tinkers sleep in tents. They beg their food and money from the people, and they say "God bless you" and "I hope we meet in Heaven" if they get anything from the people.
The beggars travel on foot and the tinkers and gipsies travel in vans.
- Collector
- Martin Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Corny Kelly
- Gender
- Male
