School: Oulart (roll number 15419)
- Location:
- Oulart, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó hAilleacháin
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- (continued from previous page)immediately after his arrival. He sleeps on a loft over the stable. He is very poor, he carries no food with him. He begs his breakfast, dinner, and supper. He sells boot laces, shirt studs, hair clips, + safety pins, which he carries in a boot box. He buys them in town. Some of the people buy from him. He is always welcomed. He travely alone by foot. He has been coming to the house for a great many years.
- John O'Connor known as "Jack the shilling" is an old traveller. He lives mostly around Oulart + the Ballagh + he lodges wherever he can get a stop. He sells nothing but many people gather around to hear him tell stories. He is a great man about hurling + foot-balling.