School: Ballykelly
- Location:
- Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 288
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- Travelling people travel around the country in caravans. Each faimly has a caravan of its own or a tent of its own. There were travellers at the foot of Charity Hill last summer. They were from Galway
They used steal things from the people.
Two travellers used come to our house a few years ago. Their names were Mary and John. Mary used sing and John used dance. They used sell cans and cups and mugs to the people. They used to travel round the country in a car. Another family named Donevans used stay at our house once every year when he would be on his was home to the Co/ Waterford. He used to tell stories and sing songs. Now his children are all grown up and they are all away working. Their father and mother are living in a cottage(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mick Dempsey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- New Ross, Co. Wexford
