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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 048

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 048

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    Long ago it was a real old custom for people to come to this district and stay for a week or fortnight, and even to the present day this custom has not ben let down.
    These "travelling people" visit our house on market days and on fair days. They earn a living by selling their wares - stockings, delph, ornaments, tins, suits of clothes and pictures. They go around through the whole district and sell a lot of articles. The people buy anything they want and what they think is value for their money.
    They make most of the tins themselves such as basins, porringers, gallons, and strainers. They knit the stockings themselves, and the rest of the articles
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dawson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    16
    Address
    Carrickduff, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Dawson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Carrickduff, Co. Longford