School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. Long ago there lived a man in the village of Ballyhearne. His name was Sean a Ceana. He lived in a small cottage on the side of the road. He was a pedlar since an erly stage of life. He would go about selling clothes and gathering old rags. He asked three pounds for a coat and the person bought it for thirty shilling. If you gave him his dinner he would give you some kind of presant.
    When he would have a hundred weight of rags he would
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Anna Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Jennings
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo