School: Scoil na Mainistreach (roll number 1793)
- Location:
- Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An Br. P.C. Mac Niallghuis
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- (continued from previous page)is "May the Lord increase your store". When they shave they use sharp glass or shells. They always shave near a river and they use the water as a mirror. They get a bag of clothes called a budget, while another tinker acts as a witness. They place two candles at each side of the bag and if they succeed in jumping without quenching the candles they will have good luck. The tramps in France have a newspaper of their own. Other tramps from societies to earn money. Some of them are skilled workmen and horse doctors. The tramps in other countries are so numerous that a king has to(continues on next page)
