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School: Tullistown (roll number 5751)

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Tullystown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs. Sheridan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 198

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    other things. Some of these people go around in vans carts and an odd one has a bicycle. They put up a camp along the road in certain place and stay there for a few days or maybe a week. When they are near a house they go to it very often and beg for milk or a grain of tea and also ask bread and say they are starved. Some of the men sell brushes, carpets and others come and ask is the chimney to be cleaned and if it is they clean it and get money for doing it. These are called sweeps.
    Those names I mentioned may not be very true but they are the ones I heard these folk called.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Mac Dermott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Foyran, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    William Mac Dermott
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Foyran, Co. Westmeath