School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian S. Pléimeann
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- (continued from previous page)by the name of Bell. They are nice people. They travel a long way through the year. They know all the sheltered spots for camping in the district. They are young people.
- At our gate people of the name of Hand stay every year for a week. They are coming for fifty years. When they came first they had only a small donkey and a broken dray and a little camp. They now have six caravans. They get money by selling straw mats and tin-cans-. They people of Assey give them food and clothing when they come. They would not take money. Sometimes they ask for horse-hair, and with that they make clothes-brushes. They make(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Keary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinter, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Keary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinter, Co. Meath