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School: An Muileann (roll number 9208)

Location:
Mullen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
B. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 060

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    The travelling Folk
    13..12..1938
    The tinkers are still travelling from place to place in the country. They travel in caravans and they generally go to a sheltry spot. The women go around from house to house begging, and asking charities, and the men ask turf and hay.
    The tinkers were always going from house to house.
    There is a very sheltered spot on a road near our house called by the local people, "Connor's line" and "Cally Head" by the tinkers.
    Some of those
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Creighton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Roscommon