School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)
- Location:
- Cloontagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Garaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0756, Page 114
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- (continued from previous page)and news from distant parts.
- Travelling people still visit our home. The same people have been doing so for many years. Most of them are very poor.
Some of these people sell small articles. People buy from them sometimes. They obtain their supplies in shops.
These travellers are generally welcome. They never remain at night in our house. The alms they ask are - tea, sugar, flour, meal and other articles.
The poorer people travel on foot while the less poorer of them have bicycles and carts. They seldom travel singly but in families. The best known of them are - Wards, McDermotts, Cauleys, Joyce and Smyth. The families that are most frequently seen at our house are the Wards and Cauleys.
They tell stories and bring news from distant parts + some of the local people gather around to hear them.(continues on next page) - Collector
- P. De Búrca
- Gender
- Male
