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School: St Mary's, Bridge-End

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Bridge End, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 179

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    As far as I can notice there are not as many travellers going about now as were long ago. There are people who call at my home and they call themselves gipsies. Tinkers and dark skinned men. The tinkers sell tins and the gipsies sell carpets, lace, baskets and chairs. The dark-skinned men sell silk wearables. There men stay in the peoples houses. The gipsies stay in caravans and the tinkers stay in tents. They all keep their own food but sometimes the tinkers ask for bread and tea.
    They dont come at special times but they come more in Summer. There men tell stories about the wars and about distant lands. The people dont gather around to hear them, but women go to get their fortunes read. The tinkers travel in families
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Hegarty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Skeoge, Co. Donegal