School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- Kesh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 346
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- (continued from previous page)bracelets and rings. They sell hand-made articles, wicker work and artificial flowers. They also tell fortunes. Both tinkers and gipsies travel by horse-drawn caravans and carts.
One day last Summer a passing man came in and asked for some dinner. When resting after eating he told something of his early life. When a boy of about fifteen years, he was present at an eviction in his native County Mayo. There was a fight between the people and the police. He fired a stone and killed a policeman so he fled from the place and got away under an assumed name. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Kathleen May O' Dwyer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Daghloonagh, Co. Sligo