1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Snaidhm (C.)

School: Snaidhm (C.) (roll number 11799)

Location:
Sneem, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mrs Palmer
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0468, Page 098

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0468, Page 098

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Snaidhm (C.)
  2. XML Page 098
  3. XML “Buying and Selling Long Ago”
  4. XML “Travellers in Olden Times”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Buying and Selling Long Ago (continued)

    Share Share Post
    You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continued from previous page)
    Cancel
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

  2. Travellers in Olden Times

    Share Share Post
    It is always the custom in this parish for travellers to come asking alms. Some of the people who came long ago were Tom Malone and Ned Mc Elligot. Those two were shoemakers and another beggar man who came was Jack Malone and Jack Marabull. ["He" struck out; interlined: "Jack Maraball"] was a ballad singer and a flute player Tom Coffey used also come to mend kettles and pots and other iron articles. A great crowd used to come with him beside his wife and family. He comes all the time and [struck out: "t"]he["y" struck out] makes tents to sleep in. Several beggar men come selling ballads and singing and they sleep in houses on the "seats" in the kitchen and they also tell stories. Another woman called Biddy Curran comes all the time. She is very bold and if she thought there was no man in a house she would want to get everything she pleased. She curses anyone who wouldn't [interlined: "will not']
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit