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School: Keelagh

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Keelagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Ellen Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 143

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 143

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    There are lots of poor people in this country and these are called gypsies or tramps There is not a day we go road but we see some of these people on it.
    Some of these make a living by making tin gallons porringers and a lot of other tin articles and go the road selling them.
    Others go about gathering bottles and they give some little thing in exchange for these.
    More go out selling beads prayer books, medals of sorts, pictures images brooches and another lot of nice holy things.
    If they have a long journey to go they bring a horse and van and walk some of the way and when they are tired they sit on the van to rest their weary limbs.
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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
    Katie Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullalougher, Co. Cavan