School: Carrowan (roll number 9577)
- Location:
- Carrowen, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh Mac Fhloinn
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- (continued from previous page)any settlement the buyer will go away. After a while he will return again and this time they will split the difference. This is how they make a bargain.
The man that sells the cattle or pigs it is he that gives back the luck penny to the buyer. - In this district there are many travellers, we have ones nearly every day. There are beggars, pedlars, ballad sellers, and tinkers. The beggars go about looking for alms pedlars sell pins, needles, combs, razors, soap, stockings, dresses, and many many other such things.
They get their supplies in houses or in the shops. Sometimes these travellers are not welcome while(continues on next page)- Collector
- Matilda Coyle
- Gender
- Female