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School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

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Owning, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 066

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    For their night's sleep or several nights' sleep anything from a floor to a little of straw will suffice. Money food or clothing is always a welcome alms.
    Sometimes they travel on foot sometimes in carts. They seldom travel alone. On rare occasions in this district a bearded middle-aged man of the troubadour type with a donkey, a pack and a mellifluous flate is to be seen. But music hath charms and the value of a penny diminishes near the value of a tune.
    The Macarthys the Delaneys the Dorans and the Hoggs are all well known. They come at no particular time and
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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
    Elsie Suttie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oldcourt, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr J. Suttie
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Oldcourt, Co. Kilkenny