School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:: Prison East, Co. Mayo
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Travelling Folk (continued)

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give their eyes for a "sup of milk" for the child. They generally come to camp near a town for the fair. The families which most often visit this locality are Naughans, Wards, McDonghs. Gipsies travel round too. They live in caravans. They sell wicker-work furniture and floor mats of straw. They tell fortunes. They set the dogs on St. Patrick and have been cursed ever since.
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Fairy Forts

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There are three shown on the 26" ordinance survey map of this district and I know another such map on which there are also three forts. These forts are built on elevated ground and tho' you cannot actually

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