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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
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An tSr. Concepta le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 057

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  1. Travelling Folk (continued)

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    in the Summer where the crowds are.
    They make money by begging.
    Some of those people are tradesmen, the tin-smyth makes cans, saucepans and cake tins. Others make small tables baskets, rugs and mats. More of them deal in delph, glass ware and paper flowers
    Some of those people travel in families and other in bands.
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  2. Travelling Folk

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    Sometimes travelling folk call at our house. They call them tinkers. They have been calling at the house for many years and they are not very poor. They have many articles such as statues, pictures, laces, brooches, tie pins and other useful things for sale. A great number of people buy many things they need from them. When the people buy anything from them the tinkers ask them for something to eat such as milk, bread
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Mary Hyland
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr J. Hyland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath