School: Rath Sionnaigh

Location:
Rashenny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Suibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 209

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 209

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  2. The name of the travelling folk that come around this district, Willie Sweeney Katie Dungloe, Mary Tape, The McGinleys, Jimmie Frazer, and Andie Farrell. The people have a great opinion of Dungloe, because she takes anything you give her. The people say Jimmie Frazer has plenty of money. The way they know that he has plenty money is.......
    One day he was in a shop in Craignahorna and he left a purse behind him. When the man got the purse, he saw that there was a large sum of money in it, and he followed him, and gave him the purse. Some of the travellers are welcome, and they stop in the farm houses every
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