School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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- (continued from previous page)long ago, with baskets, their names were pedlars. They used sell laces, polish, soap, starch, and blue. Others sold hairpins and thread. The pedlars generally had little houses in lanes.
Beggermen also travelled around. The alms they got was flour, meal and sometimes eggs.
- Travelling people were always very plentiful in the country. In olden times they generally travelled in pairs. Nowadays they go in bunches when they are travelling. They used to stay one night in each house. There were certain farmers who used to keep them and they generally called three or(continues on next page)
