School: Beacán (C.)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 268
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- (continued from previous page)largest kitchen in the village and there they would enjoy themselves to their hearts content dancing all the old Irish tunes.
The Beggars who were once perhaps very rich through some fault of their own have become very poor and are forced to go out on the roads and beg for their living.
Pedlars are very uncommon now a days they sell all kinds of small articles such as combs, brushes, pictures, lace, safety pins, delph and they carry all the things in a large basket, around to the country houses selling the goods and sometimes getting in exchange for them bottles rags or horse.(continues on next page)
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- Kitty Lyons
- Gender
- Female
