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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

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Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 287

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    not harmful.
    There were other poor people also who were called beggars. These people used to go round begging at every house. In houses where there was only old people and no family, they used to let them sleep a night in the house. They used to make beds for them in a corner of the house. In the morning the people of the house used to give them something to eat, and then they used to go somewhere else. The old people were vary charitable.
    There are not many poor people going
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Naughton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Wade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Galway