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School: Tuairín Chathail (B.) (roll number 10392)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 227

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    Travelling Folk
    Travelling people are still calling to my house, but not as often as in days gone by, but it is not the same people as used to call long ago. The most of them are poor and they sell small things and a great numbers of people buy from them.
    Long ago travelling people used to remain for longer than a few nights at the time. The most of them do have food with them and the alms they take with them are meal, flour and bread. Some of them do travel on foot, and more of them go in caravans, and they travel in families mostly.
    The best known travellers to us are Patrick Coffey and John Coffey. Some travellers do tell stories, and do tell peoples' fortunes and a great number of people listen to them.
    Some travellers can fix articles
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Denis Cronin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reaboy, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Cronin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Reaboy, Co. Kerry