School: Drumgownagh
- Location:
- Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Dominic Ó Huiginn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 636
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- (continued from previous page)(at) able to pay for goods it was said that they got them on tick.Long ago a ragman named Paddy Gordan used to go around our district gathering rags and bottles. He gave soap or pins in recompence for what he got.
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- Collector
- Cáitilín Ní Ghiollariabhaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Garry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumhass, Co. Leitrim
- About forty years ago tea-men were very common in this district. A tea-man had a pony and trap with him. The tea that they had was inferior and the people got fed up with it. The tea-men used to force it on the people.(continues on next page)
