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School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Kathleen Morris
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 240

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    There are many classes of travelling folk, tinkers, sweeps, and pedlars. The tinkers are the Powers and Joyces. The Powers are old residenters in this part of the country. They live in tents and caravans on the side of the road. They visit this district four or five times a year and stop two or three days. The old Grandmother Onie Power is 96 years old. She travels with them during the Summer and in Winter she lives in a house in the town. She boasts that she has forty-six grand-children and great grand-children. The men make pongers and gallons and mend leaking kettles and pots. The women take
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary J. Mc Guire
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Guire
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford