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School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)

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Baile na Lathach, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
Agnes O' Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 485

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    Crowds of travelling folk used to be going around, singing and fortune telling (fortune telling chiefly consisted in telling the names of people who used work piseoga.) Travellers from the North used come they had "polite" way of talking and were"full of knowledge."
    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
    Seán Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Uí Aodha, Co. Luimnigh
    Informant
    Martin Moylan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Uí Áilíonáin Theas, Co. Luimnigh