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School: Gleanntán

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Glounthaune, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Daghnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0383, Page 120

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  1. Travelling Folk (continued)

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    sometimes at Glounthaune.
    Regular beggars call day after day to our home. The people about here don't keep them for the night. They generally make for the nearest town to put up at some shack or dwelling.
    Michael Donnelly
    Glounthaune
    Co. Cork
    (Age 13)
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  2. Travelling Folk

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    2. Three kinds of beggars come to my house. The tinkers the Gypsies and the ordinary beggar. The same thing was going on years ago. Some of them are very poor especially the ordinary beggar. The tinkers sell small articles such as tin cans but people do not buy from them for they are near the city in this district. They get their food in
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie O' Leary
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Glounthaune, Co. Cork