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School: Leixlip (C.) (roll number 2345)

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Leixlip, Co. Kildare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 231

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    road-side. Some people give them potatoes, or cabbage, and bread, everything is welcome when they travel around on foot.
    They leave their carts where they have pitched their tents. They usually come in families. The best known around here are the Hands tribe they come at different times of the year. They bring the news from all over the country. The people do not go near them to hear the news because they tell the news at each door.
    Veronica Eiffe
    30th September, 1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Veronica Eiffe
    Gender
    Female