School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Cork
- Teacher: M. Uí Uallaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369D, Page 01_024
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- Travelling people call very often to my home. We seldom see the same travellers, more than once or twice. One family calls often they are very poor, the father is dead and there are eleven children. The mother sells lace, boot laces, holy pictures and studs, tie pins, rings and hair clips. They buy these at cheap stores such as Woolworths. The children always have great welcome for travellers. They love examining their tiny ornaments. They never stay over a night near our house because the guards do not allow them on the public road. They take small alms such as small money, clothes and food. They have a little caravan. The O Driscoll's are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora O' Hanlon
- Gender
- Female
