Scoil: Fergus View, Lissycasey (uimhir rolla 10322)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Travellers

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   In every district in Ireland there are travellers or tinkers. The tinkers who go from house to house are the Casey's, McCarthies, and the Faulkiners. Other gypsies come to this place from time to time but they only remain a day or two, and they go to some other place.
   But the McCartys and the Casey's and the Faulkiners always remain in this district. They go around from house to house begging for food and clothes. When they go into a house they sit down beside the fire. They sleep in tents at night. They make the tents by placing five bended hazel sticks, and to stick them down in the ground. They place canvas down on the sticks. In recent years they have built caravans, and thse are warmer than the tents. They beg for horse-hair also.
   Those people make a living by making buckets, cans, and other articles out of tin, and selling them to the farmers. They also repair umbrellas and leaks in tin and iron vessels.
   Some years ago there was an old woman living near Kildysart, and she had a large three legged put of which she was very fond. One of the legs got broken off the put, and the woman was

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   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

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

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Joseph Neilan

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   14

   Faisnéiseoir

   Thomas Meaney

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   70

   Gairm bheatha

   Farmer (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   An Bháinseach, Co. an Chláir