School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Ruis
- Location:
- Kilrush, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSiúr Pól
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 060
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- (continued from previous page)a cock and sprinkle the door with the blood. The goose is said to be for the people and the cock for the house. In olden times no horse used to be tackled to a car on that day.
- Travelling Folk.
Travelling folk visit this district very often especially when horse fair days are approaching.They stay a small piece outside the village and live in vans.At night they make a camp in which they sleep.
The women go from house to house and take everything they get as food and clothes.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Jennie Tubridy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballykett, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Michael Tubridy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballykett, Co. Clare
