School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- The tinkers are a tribe who do not like to work. In olden times they tricked Saint Patrick with a bad two shilling piece that they made themselves, and the saint wished that they would never rise any higher in this world. That is the reason they cannot get a good living for themselves.
They go about from door to door selling tin(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridgie Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Rush Hill, Co. Mayo