School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)
- Location:
- Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0722, Page 039
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- (continued from previous page)fire and slept in the tent. They came for straw to the neighbouring houses.
Not long ago a caravan was passing and a nice decent looking woman came in with a shawl on her and she told us that she never slept in a house in her life. She had a big basket and had it well with delph, combs, pictures, mirrors and laces. Sometimes a party comes with a lovely caravan and has horses for sale and they are said to have plenty of money. Sometimes a traveller would come alone with his fiddle and would play a tune and sometimes they are good musicans.
- Collector
- Bernadette Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- C. Nolan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
