School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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- Toome is the place about here that is most frequented by the tinker tribe. The tinkers always put up their tent beside a bog because turf is beside them and also near a house to get whatever they want and near water and under the shade of a high wall. They make tin cans, tin mugs, tin porringers, and they very seldom visit us.The Pedlar
There was an old pedlar who used to come to our house. He had a big wooden case with prayer books, rosary beads, pictures, also hair combs, hair clasps, collar studs, cuff links, hair pins, tie pins, needles, thimbles, camphor balls(continues on next page)- Collector
- Pauline Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymulvey, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Patrick Kearns
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymulvey, Co. Longford