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School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)

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Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Tháibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 495

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    There was a little woman that used to go about by the name of Mary the Bunty, and she walked to Bundoran every summer and begged for money on her way down and when she went into Bundoran she went into the Domestic Service and worked there for the season. She spent the summer in Bundoran and when she was coming back she begged on her way so that she was at no expense. When she came back from Bundoran she had a lot of money gathered and she put it all in the bank. When she begged at home she preferred money to any other charity and when she had a shilling in coppers gathered she
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Joe Gray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Longford