School: Listerlin (roll number 5776)
- Location:
- Listerlin, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Murchadha
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- BeggarsBeggars 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. TinkersTinkers usually go around(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Treacy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Smithstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Paddy Dollard
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Smithstown, Co. Kilkenny