School: Kilcomreagh (roll number 9429)
- Location:
- Kilcumreragh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: B. Hickey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 167
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- Travelling Folk
Travelling people come to my house. The same people don't come all the time. Some of them sell things and some of them do not. Nearly all of them are poor. People sometimes buy things from them. They sometimes remain longer than a night around the place and they sleep in camps in the ditches. They accept bread, milk, sugar, meat, etc. But they do not get all these things. Some of them travel on foot, others travel in horses and carts and more of them in caravans. They usually travel in bands.
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- Collector
- Maura Hickey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rosemount, Co. Westmeath
