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School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

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Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 105

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    There are a few travelling people who visit our district. One of them is called Harry Hickey he stops with Anne Larkin at night. He is a very funny old man and he plays two bones he used to tell us that he lived out side the north walls of America he fell out with his wife and now he is going about selling laces spools, pins, and other things there is another man and he comes at the same time every night for new milk he comes on from Delvin.
    Alot of people buy things from them. Some
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Dugdale
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Dugdale
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Clonarney, Co. Westmeath