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School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)

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Knock, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 281

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    Beggars always came round from time to time. It is the same beggars that used to come always. Their names names are Bil Hughes and Ellen Finnegan. They generally bring pins, and needles, and boot-laces, and they buy them in towns. The people generally give them food. They always ask charity in the honour of God. The ask eggs and flour, and potatoes. The prayer they say is "The Lord have mearcy on all the poor souls that ever grieved you most." They sleep at the corner of the house on a bundle of straw. They always walk on foot from place to place. The tinkers always go in companies from place to place. The beggars used to tell stories and the people used to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Phillips
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonturnaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Phillips
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Cloonturnaun, Co. Mayo