School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Fiodh Alúine, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 238
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- Travelling People.A lot of travelling people come to our house in the summer. Some of their names are the "hungry man", "Biddy Mc Cann" and "the One-Handed Man". Some of them sell flowers and laces and others sell clothes. Some come on bicycles and others come walking. Some sell cans. Sometimes they come in bands. Some of them have chaves caravans to sleep in and more of them have tents. They camp on the back road. Some of them go around selling horses.(continues on next page)
