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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 22_023

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    Travelling folk call at certain times of the year. They are poor people, some of them sell things such as mats, rugs, small tables and sometimes delph. Some of the names most familiar are Wards, Corcorans, Flyns, Maurhans and Joyce. Some of them will take only money. others take whatever they get. They camp our on the side of the road. Sometimes the farmers let them sleep in their barns. They sometimes steal hay and turf, fowl from the people.
    The gypsies tell fortues. They are always very plentiful before.
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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
    Annie Taylor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castle Ffrench, Co. Galway