School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)
- Location:
- Lú, Co. Lú
- Teacher: P. Randles
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 068
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- Many travelling folk visit this dentist. The McCanns, the Jacksons, the Smiths and many other travelling folks.
"The McCanns"
this family consists of a father a mother and twelve children. The father of this family is supposed to have killed his first wife and said that it was a kick of a gennet that killed her.
His children were put into a home for breaking shop windows and stealing things. He travels about in a gennets cart and sleeps under his cart at night.
He makes cans and flowers, and he mends kettles, sometimes when he gets a good article he runs away with it, he gets bread and tea and eggs from the people, he comes to us every month.
"The Jacksons"
This family consists of a father, a mother and a boy, they travel about in a cart which they pull themselves, because the ass died(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Liondáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lú, Co. Lú
