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School: Caladh (B.) (roll number 11920)

Location:
Callow, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126F, Page 02_019

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    such as, - flour, milk, tea, and sugar. They keep a lot of horses and asses. They eat the grass along the roads, and the men get hay from the farmers for them.
    They travell along the roads from place to place and they sleep in tents. The tents are made of sticks and cloth. The tinkers have no beds and they sleep on straw.
    They buy tin
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Joseph Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cuillonaghtan, Co. Mayo