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School: Mullingar (Pres. Convent) (roll number 934)

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Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sr. Colmcille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0735, Page 076

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    There are many people who travel from place to place selling small articles such as, pans, brooches, needles, holy pictures, statues, tin cans, and lace.
    They are not yer very poor as they have good clothes and boots on them. When they come they stay for three weeks as they have no leave to stay any longer. Some of them only stay a very short time. They sleep on the sides of the roads in tents some of them have caravans.
    They have no food but they beg in every house. They get something in every house they go nearly. They travel in a caravan drew by a horse some of them travel
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Walshestown South, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    John Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Walshestown South, Co. Westmeath