School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- No people travel in my district except a woman called Sara Follan. She comes in July or August. She asks for wool, tea, sugar and pepper of the people. She asks tobacco for [?] also. She sells the wool in the town and gets money for it. She travels on foot and she geos [?] in her feet most of the year. When she came first she spoke all Irish but now she speaks bits of broken English. She brings news some time.
Sometimes a band of tinkers comes. They camp on the roadside. They travel in carts, on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Máirtín Caoigín Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Ted Hastings
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
