School: Ceann Breac (roll number 13452)
- Location:
- Canbrack, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 272
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- "Travelling Folk"
Travelling folk are people who go round selling saucepans and needles. in exchange for these articles they get rags and needles. They travel in families and sleep in tents during the night.
They were the first people to sell tea-pots. Sometimes they travel singly. These are called beggars. The family of tinkers that travel round here are Wards. Long ago the people gave beggars a night's sleep in the house. they would be...(continues on next page)
