School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- Tinkers are a travelling race of people who roam about from place to place and never settle in one place for a long period of time.
It is said that there is a curse on them since the time Our Lord was crucified. When the blacksmiths refused to make the nails the tinkers made them to nail Our Lord to the cross. Some of them have little vans drawn by horses or donkeys.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Martin Corcoran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 35
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo