School: Lios an Chairn (roll number 10390)
- Location:
- Lissacarn, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Liam Ó Fuaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0223, Page 037
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- (continued from previous page)and the things they get. Some of them go in bands and more of them in families. The families I know best are the Reillys and the Heaneys.
- Travelling folk come to our home as long as I remember. They have been calling for a number of years. They are very poor. They sell all sorts of small articles such as beads and combs and they fix all sorts of gallons. They also make little tables. People buy small articles from them. They are well welcomed if they do not come too often. They remain in the district till they have every house travelled. They sleep in a tent or a van. They bring no food with them. They have a box on their back called the tinker's budget. In this box they carry their tools. Sometimes they (carry) get flour or bread or soda. When they get what they want they say "God Bless you mam". Some of them travel on foot and more of them on an ass and cart.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Galligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromore, Co. Leitrim
