School: St Mary's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Bun Cranncha, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 498
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“There were two kinds of travellers many years ago.”
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There were two kinds of travellers many years ago. There were poor people that went through the country from door to door asking for help; and pedlars who called at the houses to try to sell the wares they carried in a pack in the back.
The beggars-as they were called_carried bags for a meal, and bags for potatoes.
As they passed through the country they sat a while in each house. and related all the latest news they had collected.
These people stopped or lodged about the town.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lily O' Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bun Cranncha, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Mr Finnegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Slavary, Co. Dhún na nGall