School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 523
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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. - I once knew a pedlar who used to visit the houses in the Locality where we resided. He was Nick-named "Brown Jack, the box-man". He used to lodge for a week or two in some house near by a towns-land where the houses were most plentiful, and during the day time he used to travel from house to house with his box full of mens' socks, toys, tie-pins, studs, needles and thread of all descriptions and hair-pins, and pins, and laces and brooches. He used to make good sales in places far from a town. He always travelled on foot and carried his box on his back, hung by means of a strap.
The pedlar only comes about once a week to the houses. The(continues on next page)
