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School: Cloncovid

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Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Savage
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 182

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    Travelling folk still call to our home. The chief family which calls are the Kelly's. These people have been begging all their lives and they are very poor.
    They sell small articles such as small holy pictures, beads and small statues and some people buy them. They obtain their supplies from a shop at a very low price and sell them at the people of the country very dear.
    They sleep along the road at night in tents and in old vans. This
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Monica Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Sheridan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncovet, Co. Cavan