School: Athboy (C.)

Location:
Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 157

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  1. The travelling people still call to our homes. Some of them have been travelling for years. They are not too poor as they make their living by sell small articles such as laces, tie pins, broaches studs, little statues, holy water fonts. The people buy from them for charity. They obtain their goods in small shops and sometimes from other travellers called "Cheap Johns". These travellers are generally welcomed. Some of them sleep put in huts, but most of them sleep in Clerys Hotel. Some of them have food, and others buy it in the houses.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna May Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath