School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- Carran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 17_041
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- The tinkers go around from house to house looking for alms. They sell brooches, tie pins, buckets and china cups. A crows of them comes together and make a camp, they stay in that place for a few days, and then go to some other place. They have big caravans to carry them around from place to place. Some of them do not travel at all in the winter time, they stay at home making things to sell during the summer months. They come a couple of times to the same house, and it is a different one that will come every time. When they come to the houses they ask for flour, tea(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Ciarsaig
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Termon, Co. Clare
