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School: Virginia (C )

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Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs B. Farrelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 392

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    Some travelling people still visit this district. They are not very poor. Some sell lace, porringers and others go about sharpening knives.
    The travelling folk generally stay in this district for a week. They travel in caravans and some bring asses and carts. They travel mostly in bands.
    On a fair day there is a great many gipsies to be seen. They do not tell any stories
    They put their horses in other peoples fields at night and if they saw a cow in a field they would milk her. They sometimes steal turf for a fire or if they had an ass
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Miss M. M. Torsney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan