School: Oulart (roll number 15419)
- Location:
- Oulart, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó hAilleacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 359
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- An old traveller by the name of "Jack the Lacin " visits my house from time to time. He sleeps in the barn. He only stays one night each time he comes.He is fairly poor. He sells shoe laces + pins + shirts studs. Some of the people buy things from himHe travels the country on foot.He is a lazy old fellow. He goes to no Mass + he does not get up untill ten or eleven o clock. He is not a good story teller. He is as cross as a dog with a sore paw.
- Informant
- Robert Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinroad, Co. Wexford
- An old tramp stops at the home of Mr P. Bolger, Raheenaskea, Oulart, Gorey, about once a month. He only stays one night. He does not tell stories. He goes to bed(continues on next page)
