School: Tervoe (C.) (roll number 5932)
- Location:
- Tervoe, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0527, Page 350
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There is a poor man named Michael McNamara and the people call him "Jacksie". He is a poor man but he sells matches, laces and other things. He begs for things also. There is a woman that comes begging and the call her "The Sweeps Wife" because her husband is a sweep.Teresa McNamara, Newtown.
- Long ago the Friday women used to be a bad trial. When they found nobody in the house but the children they used to ask them for a lot of things and if they didn't get them they would kidnap them. These old women used to take clothes and fowl when the owners were out. The "Friday Women" were Peg Moore and Maggie Cosgrave.
