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School: Beárna Dhearg (C ) (roll number 14634)

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Barnaderg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0026, Page 0109

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    The men beg in the local villages for turf, hay and potatoes. Sometimes they mend pots, kettles, pans and saucepans. Sometimes they carry a basket and sell little articles as saucepans, collar-studs, tie-pins, safety-pins, Blessed pictures, rosary beads, hair-clips and camphor.
    Sometimes they have delph to sell. the women walk from house to house but the men go in the carts. They come from all parts of Ireland.
    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
    Mary Lynskey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnaderg, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Lynskey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barnaderg, Co. Galway