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School: An Cnoc (C.) (roll number 16123)

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Knock, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Bheirn
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    There are not as many beggars nowadays as there were in days gone by. At about twenty or thirty years ago they were very plentiful. They travelled from village to village and they got lodgings in a different house every night. They were very funny and they told stories and they sung songs and they danced and they played flutes. All the neighbours young and old gathered together to listen to the stories. When bed-time came the old men and some of the old women smoked their pipes and drank tea. Then the man of the house got bundles of straw and made straw beds for them in the corner. If they had a hag bed in the kitchen and two lots of beggars would be quarrelling to see which would have the bed. There were no laws against begging then, but now if they are found begging the guard summons them.
    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
    Beesy Heneghan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Michael Heneghan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Cloondace, Co. Mayo