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School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

Location:
Towlerton, Co. Laois
Teacher:
L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0839, Page 011

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  1. Unlucky Days (continued)

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  2. Local Travellings

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    Many people such as tinkers, travellers and Gipsies travel " very long distances in this district. These people sell cans, saucepans, tins and many other things. There are also cattle - dealers who travel great distances. These travellers sleep in vans. When they stop in certain places they light fires in the ditches. The travellers who deal in horses buy a certain quantity of horses, and they let the horses out in some field and pay the owner of the field so much money. The best known travellers in this
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