School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 182
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- Travelling folk still call to our house and to the neighbouring houses. The same people have been calling for many years, and they seem to be very poor.
Some of these people sell small articles such as needles, studs, tie-pins, and shoe-laces. The householders hardly ever buy anything from them, but they mostly always give them a penny or two for charity.
These people are generally welcome in the houses because they are like old friends of the family. They were more welcome in older times because the news-papers were not as plentiful as they are now, and the travelling people could bring all the news to the other people Sometimes they remain for a time in the houses, but they never stayed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Oliver O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
