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School: Dromcollchoille (B.)

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Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 064

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  1. The Travelling Folk

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    In this part of the country there are a lot of travelling folk, better known as Tinkers and Gypsies. Long ago they used sleep in the open and now mostly all of them live in caravans. In olden times the tinkers made their living by mending pans, pots, and umbrellas, they always traded in donkeys, and these days they usually trade in horses. The names of the tinkers in this district are, the Sheridans, Quilligans, McCarthys, OBriens, and Coffeys. Long ago they used to carry a box on their backs called a Budget in which they used to carry their solder and soldering iron, for mending tin-ware, and every time the tinkers want to get married they only leap over the Budget.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr J. J. Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick