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School: Kilsaran

Location:
Kilsaran, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Nic Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0670, Page 116

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    There is another old man named Jack McCourt that comes to our district, but he never begs. The children gather round him to hear him speak Irish, but he only knows a little.
    The gypsies or tinkers go around in vans. Some of them sell delph, carpets, pins, needles, and boot laces. They gipsy women also tell fortunes for a sixpence or a shilling and often some of the things they tell come true. One time an old gipsy told my mother her fortune and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Collette Ní Cheallacháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilsaran, Co. Louth