School: Corlatty Carroll
- Location:
- Corlattycarroll, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Jas. Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 229
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- (continued from previous page)When night falls they divide the money equally among themselves. They generally spend it in the nearest public house.
- Long ago travelling folk did not go about the same way as they go now.
They went singly. Sometimes the men went about gathering rags and they gave the people pins and needles in return. The women wanted oat meal, flour, eggs, potatoes, bacon and milk and anything they could get. At the end of the day when they had a great deal of potatoes and oat meal gathered they sold it to a farmer or in some country shop. They wanted lodging in the farmers houses(continues on next page) - Collector
- Annie Tierney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crocklusty, Co. Cavan
