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Travelling Folk

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Cill Gréine, Muine Beag school (Kilgraney, Co. Carlow) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0905/5/8

 Cill Gréine, Muine Beag [Vol. 0905, Chapter 0005]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Carlow County Schools

Story text

transcribed at

 

Travelling Folk  [duchas:5030966]

"Travelling people" still call. Some of them have been doing so for years. They sell flowers - tables - tins etc. Make these articles themselves. The [sic] travel in caravans or carts & sleep on the roadside. Travel in families and bands, and deal in donkeys at the fairs.  Best known are Delaneys and Smyths. The latter are musicians. They come for the fair day each month and for races or fêtes.

Resource description

Origin information
Kilgraney, Co. Carlow
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 324
Volume 0905
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mary Baker.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Fairy forts--Ráthanna
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Travellers--An lucht taistil
School location
Kilgraney Cill Ghréine Kilgraney Lorum Idrone East Carlow
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5145116
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0905/5/8

Suggested credit
"Travelling Folk"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5145116>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mary Baker.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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