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School: Graughlough

Location:
Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Wade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1002, Page 050

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    Travelling people come to our home. These people have been coming to our home for many years. Some of these travellers are very poor and others of them are not so poor.
    These people sell a lot of small articles. They sell studs, laces, ornaments, pictures, delph, brushes, soap, polish, tin and glass utensils. Plenty of people buy from the travellers to help them along. They get their supplies from the local shopkeepers. Some people make them welcome and others do not.
    Sometimes they remain along the road for more than a night at a time camping. They sleep in their camps along the road. Some of them bring food with them and others get it in houses. They get meal, potatoes, eggs,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Cochrane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs T. Cochrane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan