School: Foxrock (St Brigid's)
- Location:
- Foxrock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: S. Ní Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0799, Page 65
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- (continued from previous page)husband's mother was Queen of the gipsies, Grandmother often wonders what became of heras it is a long time since she saw her.
- Long ago there used to be many travellers, and gipsies in Ireland, but there are not many now. I know a few of them. Every Saturday night a man comes around, but he is not very swell dressed. All the children call him "Jack The Bottle". He has always things in his hands: - needles, studs, pins, and many other things. When he comes into the house first he shouts "Do you want any nice pins to night" and he also says "Telephone tell a wire. Tell our mother she is a liar". He makes boots in the day, and in the evening he does not take a rest like any other man. He is over twenty years coming to the houses. Another band around was a number of travellers in a big yard, and there was a concert in the place at that time, and the name of it was, "The Heavy Lady", and a girl that was living in the big yard was the heavy lady, and she was very small, and very light(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní hAmmon
- Gender
- Female
