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School: Seefin (B. & C.) (roll number 12874)

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Suí Finn, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
James P. Byrne
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    a house only one night and then they go away. When they are lodging in a house they sleep in a sheaf of straw beside the fire, in the kitchen. The beggars bring their own food with them. Some of the beggars ask alms. They ask for potatoes and for meat. When you would give alms to the beggars they would say "God bless you." Some of them walk from
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    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. daoine de réir aicme
        1. an lucht taistil (~3,023)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Flynn
    Gender
    Female