School: Burnchurch, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 7312)
- Location:
- Grange, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Éamonn Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0854, Page 148
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- We see many people traveling on the roads nowadays. They have no fixed residence. They are divided into various classes - : the plain beggar- man, the tinker or tinsmith, and the gipsy. One advantage they have is, they have no tax or rent to pay, like the ordinary land-holder, which is at present very heavy. The first class is the beggar. He is also called the bag-man. He is the fellow who goes from house to house, picking up a penny here and there, he gets potatoes at some houses, and he gets bread at other houses. He sleeps in a barn or under a hedge. He usually carries a bag on his back, to carry whatever he has got with him.The second class is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Daniel O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farmley, Co. Kilkenny
