School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)They also drained the water off and ate the tea-leaves. The women used to hide it at first from the men and drink it for themselves.
- Shops were not very common long ago. The shopkeepers used to sell groceries after Mass. The people used to work for certain things.
Markets were usually held in this district but it is not done in many places now.
A fowl market is held in Newbawn and Clongeen.
Martin Hayden of New Ross, and William O Neill of the Hook used to go around buying rags. They do not come around now as they are dead.
It is unlucky to buy or sell anything on the 21st of March, if you do the devil spits on(continues on next page)- Collector
- William Treacy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leegane, Co. Wexford