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School: Dromcollchoille (C.)

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Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
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Caitlín, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 224

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    which the tinkers use is just a common cart, and a hood over it.
    We seldom see the tinker with his budget on this back, and his large stock of broken umbrellas and tin cans to be repaired.
    The tinker would sit by the roadside, and do all their repairs, and sing gaily as he worked and hammered, until he was finished.
    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
    Hannah Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Address
    Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick