School: Tobar (B.)
- Location:
- Tober, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Ó Maoltuile
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- Collector
- Thomas Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinaminton East, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Thomas Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballinaminton East, Co. Offaly
- Four old travellers come to our house very often. They have a pony-cart. Their names are Gavin. One of them is a woman. She "does be" selling pictures and pins and fountain pens and fountain pencils. My mother often buys things from her. They camp on the side of the road. The man goes to the town and plays music to get money. They make cans and saucepans out of tin and sell them. They come to our house every fortnight. They often bring cattle to the station on a fair day for jobbers. They get(continues on next page)