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School: Tashinny, Colehill (roll number 10223)

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Taghshinny, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Annie Trimble
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 27A

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    Not many travelling people come to our house because we live in of the road. The people who come most often are the O'Learys and Lizzie Murphy, and the O'Donnevans and the Joyces.
    The men of the O'Learys are all sweeps they go from house to house to look for the job of sweeping chimneys. Lizzie Murphy goes round to houses she goes looking for help. The O'Donnevans are people who go round selling things. The Joyces buy asses and horses and sell them over again.
    They do not stay very long when they come. Some of them are not very poor. Some of them make tins and gallons and sell them.
    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
    Mabel Glynne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cloonbrin, Co. Longford