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School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Béal Átha Búrc, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 08_038

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    In this district poor people go about from house to house begging food & old clothes. There names are Doran's. & Sweeney's. The women carry baskets with them. In the baskets they carry pictures & statues, brooches & collar-studs. They buy them themselves in the wholesale shops in town. They sell them to the country people. When they come into a house they stay for about a quarter of an hour. They ask alms, such as old shirts & trousar's, & old
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. daoine de réir aicme
        1. an lucht taistil (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coill an Díthreabha, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    John Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coill an Díthreabha, Co. Mhaigh Eo