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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 393

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    and if he was a bad one they would throw a kettle of boiling water on his back and they would put a sack on his back and when they would press the sack the ass would run and the people would think that the ass was a good one.
    Some of them will not take pennies unless you buy things from them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Miss M. M. Torsney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan