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School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

Location:
Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1103, Page 80

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    Summer they used to live on fish and things they would gather about the sea-shore. In the winter the wife and family had to go away to beg. One time they came to a house and there came a great snow storm that lasted for four weeks and they could not go out to look for food. Two strong men went around the houses and gathered as much food as done them. In the end the woman took sick and the sent word to the man to come for her. He came with a donkey and cart there was no road for him to take the cat into the house and he had to carry her on his back for a quarter of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Patrick Bonner
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal