School: Glasdrumman (roll number 6046)

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1. Local Roads (continued)

   

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   got its name from a man named Collins who leaped the river at that place. I do not of any more fords but of course there were more long ago. In this district there are three or four crossroads at the end of each road there is one. Every evening the youths of the district gather to those crossroads to settle the days doings and to play. There are no monuments or heaps of stones along any of the roads in my district.

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2. Travelling Folk

   

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   At the present time travellers visit this district very often. Some of them come in big caravans, others in carts and others on foot. These people are called tinkers because they go from house to house begging. Some give them plenty of food and others run them.
   The rich ones sell all sorts of small articles such as cups, plates, porringers

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