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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 105

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    flannel clothes to keep her warm.
    "Mary Fatt" was the name of another old beggarwoman because she was very fat, and the people used to say that if she had to buy all the food she was eating she might not be so fat.
    There was another old woman who had very bad talk so the people called her "Molly the Dummy," and if anybody called her by her right name no one would know her.
    Another old woman was called "Biddy Bradley" and all the people knew she had money and they used to ask her for money and she would say, I will when I
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Johnston
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickacroghery, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    J.J. Johnston
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrickacroghery, Co. Leitrim