School: Cuan an Bhainigh (Bannow)
- Location:
- Carrick, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Tomás Breatnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 057
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“The last field to the right as you go down to the Old Quay is called the Rope Walk field.”
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When I see so many persons even mere children flying on bicycles to the shops for various articles for domestic use I sometimes recall their forbears of 40 years ago. It was then a common sight to see two or three men or perhaps women walking along with little sacks on their arms, they had pickled cockles, or other shell fish and would call to the various houses on the fast days with their, not selling them, but exchanging them for a plate of wheatmeal here, some flour there, perhaps a bit of butter or even a packet of tea.