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School: Listerlin (roll number 5776)

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Listerlin, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 010

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  1. Travelling Folk - Beggars, Tinkers, Pedlars

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    Beggars
    Beggars are honest poor people and they go around singly. They usually have a certain house to lodge in.
    Some of them are handy men and they mend umbrellas sharpen razors and scissors for the people that they lodge with.
    Some of those Beggars were in foreign countries and the neighbours come in to listen to them telling stories about foreign countries. Some of them have a cure for burns and toothaches. Some say there is a cure in the bark of an elm tree for a burn.
    The alms they ask for is bread coppers eggs and meat.
    Tinkers
    Tinkers usually go around
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Treacy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Smithstown, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Paddy Dollard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Smithstown, Co. Kilkenny