School: Ballycumber
- Location:
- Ballycumber South, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: David Moore
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 039
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- As long as I remember travelling people have been coming to my house. They are all very poor. We do not know their christian names; but their nick names are as followes; Myley, Blackditches, the weasel, Little Mick with the long stick, The monkey, Lame Mick, The Plant, The Dodger, The Fox, The Stork and a great many others. Pedlars come frequently too; Little Graham and John. Graham etc. They sell pins, needles, studs, laces, etc. Everyone is always looking out for them, and when they come people give them a hearty welcome. They get their supplies from a neighbouring town, that is about five miles from here. When the tramps come they stay over a night and sleep in the barn. The tinkers come in bands of six and seven and have caravans with them.
- Collector
- Maura Dunne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycumber South, Co. Wicklow
