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School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)

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Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 357

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  1. Travelling Folk

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    Travelling folk were very common long ago and were divided up into different classes. These were tinkers, who used to come around to the peasants begging, gipsies who were like the tinkers but dwell in caravans, pedlars who used to come selling small articles in exchange for rags, bottles, metal and other things and tramps who used to bring plenty of news to the farmers and spend the night in their houses.
    These used to get a welcome reception always. Nearly all these were lame and they were called bacachs. Some were good musicians and were
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Kirrane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonbulban, Co. Mayo