School: Inch, Borrisoleigh (roll number 2836)
- Location:
- Inch, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Delaney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0550, Page 361
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- (continued from previous page)instrument. Some travellers are able to play but others only carry it as an excuse to beg.
There are travelling folk who carry with them a basket of small ware. They are fairly successful in the distant country parts where shops are not near. They sell studs laces brooches pins and hankerchiefs.
There are many of our familiar travellers who have names as the buckoo. The buckoo is a low size man and is able to walk very quickly. How he got this name we do not know.
- Collector
- John Dempsey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballypatrick, Co. Tipperary
