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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 102

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    tin they make tins, basins, porringers and several other vessels. Then they go around the country selling these to the people and sometimes the people gets the tins from them for a few bottles or food. Some times they put bottoms in old tins for the people with when they are through the country and they people give them money. Some of them go around on bicycles and others on carts. Some of these travellers have very funny stories and during the long winter nights the local people gather round to hear them telling the stories and it passes the night
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Gillen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardakip Beg, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Gillen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardakip Beg, Co. Leitrim