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School: Muine Mór

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Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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    About forty years ago there was a family whose names were Sommers. They had no special place for their living and they were called beggars and they went about from house to house begging. They always carried their beds on their backs and the only way they had for living was when the farmer and his wife went to bed they made their bed on the kitchen floor and when they were going in the morning they left the house cleaner than they got it and started on their journey again.
    By
    Charles Mac Morrow.
    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
    Charles Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim