School: Shinrone (C.)
- Location:
- Shinrone, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mary Mc Mahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 146
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- (continued from previous page)and gallons, more of them sell delph. The way they manage with the delph they buy an amount together and sell it at a bigger price than what they buy it at.
Some sell fish which they catch themselves. The travelling tinkers are not welcome because they steal turf, hay, and straw. If they were not able to get into the house they would not look for the gate but would make a gap in the ditch and let out the cattle on the road.
They are not all real beggars, some of them play music and get money. Some of them stay two or three days.
May Cusker
Corlanty,
Brosna
- Collector
- May Cusker
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curralanty, Co. Offaly
