School: Latsey
- Location:
- Latsey, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Jean Paul
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 435
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- (continued from previous page)house paying for some and begging for some. They get their wares at the local towns or fairs. The y are not very welcome in thes e parts. They travel in carts or caravans. Tramps go about sing-ly and on foot. They gather into the towns of Balieboro Coo-tehill or Shercock on fair day s to try and make a little money and buy or sell wares There was a girl going to She-rock and she met a gipsy at Cross and she wanted to tell her fortu-ne. She told her that she would marry a poor ugly man and she would live in a cottage house and have a do-zen of children and it all came true. Once upon a time there was a gipsy came to a house and there was nobody in the house but a little girl and the gipsy knocked at the door. The girl went to the door to see(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maud Ferguson
- Gender
- Female
