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School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 247

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    When beggars stay for a night in a house the people of my locality go to that house to hear them telling stories and to listen to the news they bring from other places. If the travelling people in my locality stayed at a farmer's house for a night or two, the owners of the house would give them a shilling or two when they would be leaving on the next day.
    Another traveller who used to come to my locality was called Thadeen Crane. This man had a "magic lantern" for showing pictures and he used to charge a penny to each person for a look at the pictures. The young children used to call it a "ppep show". This man is dead for a number of years.
    Another man who comes to my locality is "busty" Flynn
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    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
    Tom Mc Elligott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cunnagare, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Maurice Shanahan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    93
    Address
    Liscullane, Co. Kerry