School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)they make their living.
There are families called Connors who go around this district every month. The women of this family sell, cups, and saucers, and pictures, and the men sell quarts, mugs, and gallons, which they themselves make from tin. The rest of the men sweep chimneys, and sell mops, and brushes for cleaning chimneys
Those people travel about with a caravan, and two asses and cars.
They usually have a goat and some other donkeys with them.
- Collector
- Máire de Paor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Marnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny
