School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 227
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - A real old family of the name of Keane used to come around here about 40 or 50 years ago. They were a kind of "little dealers". They'd sell pins and needles and thread. They'd stay a night in nearly every place. They were put up in the barn. A big old metal pot was got and a few lumps of turf or coal were put into it. Them when they reached the barn with the pot, more turf or coal were put into it. Before long the pot would give out a great heat for it would all get red. Then all the neighbours gathered in to hear the news. They'd sit round the pot in a circle and enjoy the news and stories. They'd sit on straw and bits of planks. This would pass the night grand.
