Travelling Folks

Abstract: Story collected by Annie Flatley, a student at Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach school (Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo) from informant James O' Regan.

Original reference: 0119/1/62

  • - [Teacher]

Loading...School Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach [Vol. 0119, Chapter 0001]

County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Mayo Schools

INFORMANT
Regan, James O'
Gender
male

transcribed at

 

Travelling Folks [duchas:4359267]

In former times a great deal of travelling folk frequented my district but very few do so now. The same people have been calling for many years and most of them are very poor.
The most of the travelling folk carry baskets filled with small articles including boot laces, pins, combs, hair-pins etc. Some of the richest of them carry small delph articles and glassware, but most of the people buy very

Travelling Folks [duchas:4359268]

little from them.
In former times people liked travellers a great deal more than they do nowadays. Generally they are not welcome nowadays in my district.
The most of the travelling folk now have vans to carry them from place to place and also in which to sleep. Some of the poorer folk travel on foot or in carts and sleep in tents. Sometimes they remain a week in one place and sometimes only for a few days.

Travelling Folks [duchas:4359269]

They beg all their food and clothes. They accept flour, meat, tea, sugar, milk, butter, eggs etc. They travel in families and sometimes in bands.
They come to the district several times during the year. Some of them come to attend the local fair. They are specially noted for stories and for bringing news from one place to another. They tell some strange news every time they come.

Origin information
Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 193-195
Volume 0119
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher -.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Travellers--An lucht taistil
School location
KiltimaghCoillte MachKiltimaghKilledanGallenMayo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4455894
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0119/1/62

Suggested credit
"Travelling Folks"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_4455894>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher -.
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.

Rights & Usage Conditions

Creative Commons License
Travelling Folks is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Copyright of the original resource: University College Dublin

To use for commercial purposes, please contact the National Folklore Collection, UCD - See: http://n2t.net/ark:/87925/h1cc0xm5