School: Tuar an Fhíona, Baile na Molt (roll number 8133)

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   Conn Soho and Mary were great tin-smiths long ago. Mick Sweeney was a pedlar. He used to beg for rags from place to place and give pins, needles and thread in return. Paddy Joe used to go around from place to place repairing clocks and umbrellas. Another old man of the same occupation was Bill Roberts. He used also make fishing nets and flies for fishing. Jack Collins was another old traveller. He used to make brooms and brushes and sell them through the country. There was another traveller, her name was Mary Kearns and she had a peculiar habit of plaiting horses hair with her own to make it look foxy. Then there was Kit the Tinker and she often wore a stylish hat going around begging.

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   Topics

   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. daoine de réir aicme
         1. an lucht taistil (~3,023)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cáit Breathnach

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Béal na Molt, Co. Phort Láirge

   Informant

   Siobhán Tóibín

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tuar an Fhíona, Co. Phort Láirge