School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 072
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- (continued from previous page)them are the McDonaghs, who come oftenest, and they usually come on fair days and market days. They do not bring the news or tell stories. A fiddler comes very often and he is called Lee. He walks from place to place playing a fiddle. He has no certain days for coming. He comes any day except Sunday.
- Travelling Folk. 27th April, 1938.Travelling people call to our house. The same class of people are doing so for centuries. They sell suitable things for a house and other things. People buy from them on some occasions. They obtain their supplies [?] wholesale places. These people are welcome because they sell things to suit country people, and much cheaper. Long ago they stayed for a night and sometimes more, now they do not stay at all. Some of them go home if they have a home, others sleep in caravans, and others in byres. The tinkers accept alms of all kinds of food. They go about in carts, cars, and caravans. They go(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Judge
- Gender
- Male
