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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
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Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 103

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    for them. The generally live on the side of the road in huts and some of them have big vans with horses pulling it and these cans carry them around from place to place. They travellers do not get married by a priest. They get a person to hold the stick up high and the pair that is to be married leaps the stick and then they are married.
    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
    May Gillen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardakip Beg, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Gillen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardakip Beg, Co. Leitrim