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School: Bun

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Bun, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ní Mhaolghuala
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 098

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 098

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  1. Travelling Folk (continued)

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    Some travellers buy feathers, horse hair, bottles, and rags, they give clothes, brushes, or delph in return. They go around begging one or two to each house some of them have big families. They have caravans drawn by asses or horses they sleep in the vans or they put up canvas tents and sleep in them. They walk when they are begging and the others wait for them. Some of them have goats and bantams
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60