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School: Louth (B.) (roll number 1553)

Location:
Louth, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Randles
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 069

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    a month ago. They get money from the people and they spend all the money on stout.
    "The Smiths"
    This family consists of about twenty people, they seperate at the beginning of winter and go away telling fortunes to the people, they make plenty of money, in the summer they make tents for the winter they make flowers and sell them.
    "Juicy"
    This is a man known as Juicy, he travels about with the help of a stick because he is blind, he makes this living by selling pin studs and other small articles, he pays for his lodging every place he goes, he gets plenty of money because the people take pity on him.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Liondáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Louth, Co. Louth