School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Belvoir, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 070
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- (continued from previous page)a little skin of meat a little pinch a tea, a grave of sugar in the honour of God and the Blessed Hirgin Many Then whe the mother is gone two little ones arrive with a long battle for a little loop of milk to colour a drop of tea and a little eggs and I'll say three hail Mary's for you Then more of them will arrive for some clothes a pair of boots belongings to the loss, their fathers toes are out Then when they all get something of they go fighting like a lot of little devils in hell They carry the budget too They put down camps on the sides of the roads to sleep in them The tinkers nor the tramps dont sell, but, the gipsees do sell laces, too(continues on next page)
