School: Sraithíní (roll number 17145)
- Location:
- Sraheens, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ní Dhuinnshleibhe
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Thirty or forty years ago, beggar were more plentiful than they are now. They went from house to house asking for alms. Nobody refused them for a "charity" or a nights lodging, because Our Lady and Saint Joseph were refused for a lodging on the first Christmas Night. Teh beggars came periodically. Tom the Thrasher (because his father used to thresh long ago) was one of them.
