School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin

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Travelling Folk

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 206

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Travelling people are still coming to my house. These people are doing this for many years. Some of these people are poor and others are not and they have horses and caravans to go around. They have a basket and several small articles in it such as combs, hair-brushes, different kinds of ware, laces, soap and polish and they sell them in the houses. Some people leave them in and buy something from them and give them a cup of tea while other people hunt them away and set the dogs on them. These people get their supplies in the shops.
Some travelling people would stay in the houses for a night or two. They would bring their own food sometimes and they

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Collector
Tom Mc Auliffe
Gender
male
Address
Dysert, Co. Kerry
Informant
Mrs Mc Auliffe
Gender
female
Age
77
Address
Dysert, Co. Kerry
Language
English