School: Westland (roll number 8428)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs. E. J. Roberts
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- There is a family of travelling folk who visit our house very often.
They have been coming for many years.
They sell little tin pots and mugs as they go about, and they get their supplies of tin in Oldcastle.
Sometimes when they come they stay for over a week or sometimes a fortnight.
They sleep in big white tents or in caravans.
When they come up to our house the ask for some bread and milk and bacon.
A good while ago a man called Tom Swift used to come very often to our house. He used to have a trumpet with him, and as he went about to houses he would he would play the trumpet and the people would give him pennies.
About four years ago a man called Reilly was going home from his work(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr J. Rowntree
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghtown, Co. Meath
