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School: Cor Bealaigh

Location:
Corbally, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 139

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 139

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  3. XML “Meals”
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  1. Meals (continued)

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    in the middle of the table, and all would eat out of it.
    In the evening they would take a cup of milk and sometimes they would have a sweet cake with it.
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  2. Peddlers

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    The peddlers are not going about now as they were long ago. They made their living by selling shoes and clothes and other things such as: crucifixes, brooches, and medals. Now the tinkers go round selling flowers and sausepans. They fix pots and pans in the houses.
    The gypsies go round fortune-telling and selling what-nots and wicker-work. Long ago they slept under carts or along a fence. Now they have very respectable vans and of different coloures. Men and women go about
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jack Donegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Patrick Donegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Sligo