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School: St. Anne's (B.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 124

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    Travelling folk still go about and they often come to our house. They are the same people who went about years ago. Some of them are very poor, and they often ask for clothes.
    The things they usually sell are laces, pins tin cans and other things. They get a good sale for them in my district because they are very poor, and that is the only way they have for making money.
    Some of them travel in vans, some on bicycles and others on carts. The ones that come to our
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Andy Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisanalsk, Co. Cavan