School: Alt an Chuilinn
- Location:
- Altachullion, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Brigid Martin
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- Travellers"Travelling folk" or travellers were very common in the district even until a few years ago.The best known were called Hughie the Whistler, Jimmy Coyle, Annie Bundle, Katty Tasty, Annie Bothertee, Mary Fat-Lump, Mary Coyle, Mary Connor, Bessy Pistol. Bessy's real name was Bessy Gunn but someone called her Pistol as a nick-name.Annie Bothertee was a fluent Irish speaker and a great spinner of wool. She often spent a few days in each house spinning thread.These travellers were poor. They did not usually ask for "alms". They usuallly collected potatoes, meal and occasionally eggs. They usually preferred oat-meal to Indian meal. Some of them sold needles, pins and small articles.Jimmy Coyle also collected(continues on next page)
