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School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 138

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    of jewellery. They also tell fortunes.
    Tramps go around from house to house begging a copper to pay for lodgings for the night. They also 'drove' cattle at fairs. There was a tramp in this district named Bill Pane. One night he slept in Mr Stony's lawn. Someone came in left the gate open. When he got up in the morning he told everyone about the way he got his death of cold in the Parsons lawn.
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    The travelling people do not call to our house now as much as they did long-ago. The four most frequent callers were Powers, Gavins, Joyces and O'Learys. I was told that families are callers to this district for over fifty years. They are not very poor as they were always able
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male