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School: Keelagh

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Keelagh, Co. Cavan
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Ellen Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 119

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 119

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    house about Easter or Christmas. The men put in some of their time making tin articles and the women go round selling them.
    Sometimes only one comes to the house and other times a couple come. If you buy anything of them they do be very thankful and they pray for you and all belonging to you.
    The chief party of travelling people about here are the Dohertys. They come about once a month and they sell porringers and other small articles. If they come to the house on a hot day they rest a while before they start on their journey.
    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
    Kathleen Mc Donald
    Gender
    Female