School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16739)

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1. Travelling Folk (continued)

   

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   227 the table and he ate his own and allthe other dinners. He was finishing the last when she came in. She asked him why he ate all the dinners and says Billy Button "Better belly burst than good food lost"! Another famous character is Molly Kelly. She lives in Spring Valley. She knocks at the doors and goes in and tells fortunes. Written by Peadar O Murchu Millpark Road

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2. Travelling Folk

   

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   Another one is "Paddy Walshe". He was once very rich. His father used to sell over a hundred pigs every Wednesday. When his father died he got men to pull down the sheds. Now he is only a poor beggarman.

   Written by Patrick Murphy
   Address: Weafer Street
   Received from : Mrs. Murphy
   Address: Weafer Street
   Occupation: housekeeper
   Age: 51 years

   

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