School: Allenwood

Location:
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 196

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 196

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  1. Travelling people come to our house. They are coming to our house for thirty years. They sleep under a car. They travel in a car. They travel in a crowd. Their names are O'Connor, Purcell and Cash.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Dunne
    Gender
    Male
  2. Some of the toys that I can make are tops and balls and snares, and whistles, and guns. I can make the top from a spool, and I can make the whistle from an elder stick. I can make a whistle from a flagger. I can make a sling out of a piece of leather and a
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