School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)

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1. Old Story

   

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   Long ago the people used to believe in fairies whom they believed lived in forts. There once lived a man whose name was Lismore. This man bore a hump since he was a child. One night he dreamt that he went to the fort and the fairies cured him. Next night when everyone had retired he went to the fort and sat under a bush. After a little while he heard a voice saying -

   "Lismore, Lismore, doubt not nor deplore
   The hump which you bore on your back, is no more"

   He went home and next morning when he got out of bed, to his great delight he found that he was completely cured of his hump, and the people wondered how it happened.

   

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2. Travelling Folk

   

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   The people that travel around here are called tinkers They travel in families nearly always. They usually come around before fairs or the races. They come a few days before and stay around for a few days afterwards. The come in vans or cars. Very few travel on foot nowadays. Those with vans sleep in them. Those with cars sleep under the cars, with bags around them like a tent, or they have certain houses

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
         1. travellers (~3,023)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Maher

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Glanshearoon, Co. Kerry