School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 14_042
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- There are no travellers seen in my district, now except a woman named Sara Fallon. She is very poor. She sells no articles but she begs for alms. She goes around to every house and they give her wool, money, eggs, tea, and other things. She comes about three times in the year. Wool she begs for offenest. She sells the wool in Westport. When she came around first she spoke all Irish. She speaks broken English now. Sometimes she brings news to the people. When she comes to a house she makes(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
