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School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)

Location:
Cill Ghlais, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 474

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    boots and he would exchange anything for gold rings and watches or anything made of gold.
    He has a yellow complexion and a different accent to anyone else and he goes around the country on a bicycle.
    Sweeps are men who go around on carts or bicycles and they offer to clean chimneys.
    The gipsies are a race of people which go around the country in caravans and carts, but they do not visit my district very often. The are supposed when they go into a house to steal things, they also offer to tell the peoples fortune an they charge them a lot of money for it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. daoine de réir aicme
        1. an lucht taistil (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Mac Greevy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornasleehan, Co. Ros Comáin