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School: Hospital Convent (roll number 13898)

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Hospital, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr. Bernard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0515, Page 070

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  1. Travelling Folk

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    Travelling people still call to the farmers of the country offering for sale, delph, brushes and fancy goods. The same people have been at this business for years. They do not look poor but on the contrary they seem to be very comfortable. They are commonly known as "hawkers".
    Tinkers are another fraternity who travel through the country and who generally deal in donkeys and old horses. The live and sleep in camps, by the roadside. While the men go out selling their tin vessels, mending kettles and pots, the women do the cooking and the laundry. They often exchange the tins for horse-hair, Very
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Scully
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hospital, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr P. Condon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hospital, Co. Limerick