School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 23_032

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 23_032

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  1. Travelling Folk are a wandering tribe of Tinkers or Gypsies They live in tents and covered wagons on the roadside.
    The men make and mend tin ware, and their wives who are great sales women sell the tin ware and provides food and fire for the camp.
    Besides dealing on tin ware they have various other trades. They buy and sell donkies, genets, horse's, and dogs. They also trade their tin ware for horse hair, rags, feathers,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jane Gately
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cronin, Co. Roscommon