School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)
- Location:
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
- Teacher: S. Mac Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)There are not so many walking the roads nowadays. The best known travellers are the Laurances, the O Learys, Nevins, and Mc. Donaghs. The Laurances sell tin cans and put bottoms in old cans. The O Learys are sweeps. They go around in bands, in vans, and on carts. They bring food with them, and they encamp in sheltered places. They come mostly for the Turlough Races, and the Fair of Lanesboro.
There is an old tailor that goes around looking for tailoring. Mickeen Crane was an old tinker long-ago, who used to go to one house and beg flour. He would ask the woman of the next house to give him the pan to make pancakes. He would also ask for horse hair to make brushes - 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.
- Collector
- Mary Jane Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Informant
- Patrick Nolan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford