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School: Árd an Teampoill (roll number 12568)

Location:
Mount Temple, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhoicheadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0156, Page 325

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0156, Page 325

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  1. Lore of Certain Days (continued)

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  2. Travelling Folk

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    The same people travel to our district every Spring and Autumn. Some of them are very poor and more are quite comfortable. They sell tin-cans, pongers, lace, flowers, baskets, and sometimes small-tables or carpets. They travel around the country begging for flour, milk, tea, sugar, eggs, butter bacon and sometimes they want clothes, and some of them sell things. It is very seldom that the people have welcome for them. They stay about four night's in every place. They sleep in tents and caravans and on road's where
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