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School: Ballyfasey, Glenmore (roll number 9880)

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Ballyfasy Lower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Domhnall Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 564

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  1. Travelling Folk

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    There were a great many travellers going through this part of the country some years ago. The names of some of them were Biddy the Knitter, Pockets of Hay and the Lamoig. Biddy the Knitter was able to knit a pair of stockings in one night while all the people of the house where she was staying were gathered around the fire listening her story-teling. Pockets of Hay was a poor old man who went from house to house looking for work. He carried hay in all his pockets to clean his shoes.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Roche
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Haggard, Co. Kilkenny