School: Caisleán Mathúna (B) (roll number 16202)

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1. Travelling Folk (continued)

   

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   and took eggs in exchange for what they sold.

   All those folk travelled alone. One rag man had a donkey upon which he placed the rags.

   Then there was the traveller who begged the country side and towns within a radius of 6 miles. This man carried no goods, and would stay at certain houses in his district, for the night. There was a bed of straw in a corner of the kitchen for him to sleep in and he would have as much meal, tea, sugar, and bread, as would be sufficient for his meals. The best known of these travellers were "Philip the Whistler" and "Diney" Hoy. The former had all the news of the district each evening. He

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
         1. travellers (~3,023)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patsy Ward

   Gender

   Unknown

   Address

   Longfield, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   James Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   York Street, Co. Monaghan