School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Breathnach
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- (continued from previous page)on the crop."Days of the Old Cow"
Thirteen days were borrowed by March from April to be even with a boastful cow. - The travelling folk most common in this district are; Mick Digman, Carrickshock, Jack, and Bill Delaney, Billy Ryan. Mick Dignam sells laces, studs, and shirt buttons. He travels on foot. Jack Delaney makes pots and makes cans.
- Collector
- John Cotterell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr William Cotterell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny
- Travelling people still call to this district. They are not very poor. Some make cans out of tin. The best known of them are the Delaney family. They sleep in Andrew(continues on next page)