School: Tattenclave

Location:
Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 222

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    There is a house in Stranooden...

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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mary K. Rocks
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
  2. Travelling folks still come round. They sometimes come in twos. Most of them come in ones. They bring tins, strainers, dishes and other tin things.
    There was a beggar man who cane round every year to the same house. He would steal the hens off the street. One year he came
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