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   “Long ago there was an old man and an old woman travelling along the road and they were called "Travelling People" because they had no house of their own.”

   

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   and went out. The old man was waiting for her on a heap of stones. He asked the old man if he would have a drink of milk and he said "No, I had my dinner". The old woman said "All right, so, I'll take the milk to the woman where we stayed last night". She said the next time I would bring her a gallon of milk she would give me a chicken, and she would keep the chicken until she would be a hen and when she would be a after laying her eggs she would hatch them. Then she would have chickens for sale. Then she could pay rent for a house of her

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peg Barry

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derry, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mrs Barry

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   40

   Address

   Derry, Co. Kerry