School: Knockanevin (roll number 4122)
- Location:
- Knockanevin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Crosáin
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- (continued from previous page)make up a tent of straw, sticks, and a canvas covering. They sleep in this tent by night.The people in the wagons find it very easy to cook their meals as they have a small stove in the kitchen.The wagon is a box shaped article and is drawn by horses.The people without the wagons cook their meals in the open air over a fire of sticks. They make up a fire of sticks and they hang the kettle on a crook over the fire. Those people make up a big fire of sticks by night and sit around it singing.Some of the travelling men are very handy. They can solder saucepans, kettles, pots, and oil-cans.They heat the soldering iron and they clean the article where it is broken.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christina Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockanevin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Postman
- Address
- Knockanevin, Co. Cork