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School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 291

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    Travelling folks seldom come to our home now, The most that are tinkers and it is very seldom a beggarman comes, The tinkers are doing so for many years, They are fairly rich. They make and sell cans saucepans flowers and a lot of other things, The sell those to the people and they get a good price for them, With the money they buy clothes, Most people welcome them because they have usually news of other parts of the country, They have tents with them for sleeping in, They leave the tent where they camp, They wait in the same place for about a week, They spend their
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    B. Granaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Mayo