School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)

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   travel in caravans, or in carts.
   There are three or four men who travel on foot. The first one is John Bobbin, a smart little beggar-man, who travels this road every Saturday.
   The local people call him "Charlie", after Charlie Chaplin, because he walks in the same manner as the latter.
   Then there are two more, one a pedlar, the other a travelling odd-jobber.
   The pedlar is nicknamed the "tall beggarman," because of his great height. The odd-jobber is called the "red bearded man," because of his red beard.
   The most of the travellers go around the country in families or in bands.
   The names of the best known of them, are O'Reilly's, Donovans, Delaneys and Purcells.
   The family which most frequently visits this district is the Delaney one.

   

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2. Travelling Folk

   

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   Tinkers, gypsies, beggars and old pedlars call to all the houses of this district once or twice a week. Most of them travel in caravans and on old bicycles.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
         1. travellers (~3,023)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Carrigan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny