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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

Location:
Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 268

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    begging money and food. Mickey the rope got his name because he always had a rope tied around him. Cha the monkey got his name because he was so small.
    Mickey Dublin makes his living by weighing people on fair days and on hiring days. Ginger Conoly makes her living by singing in every house she goes into, and she always has a day left out for the part of the country she would go.
    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
    Rose Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cormeen, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cormeen, Co. Meath