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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 116

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  1. The Travelling Folk

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    There is a great number of "travelling folk" who come and go in this district. Sometimes they stay for a day and other times they stay for a week if the people are kind enough to give them "charaties". There are some tinkers and they make their living by selling tins and selling them. These people are called "tinsmiths". There are a great many names of wanderers in this district such as Thomas MacDonagh, and "Muddy", Colder banks, Paul and Biddy, Mary Ann and Jimmy, Smiths, Blakes, Reynolds Lacey, Burkes, Cawlay, Wiers, Carthys, Morans, and a great number of other tinkers
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Johnston
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickacroghery, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Bee Johnston
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickacroghery, Co. Leitrim