School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 01_040
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- (continued from previous page)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.
- 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(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
