School: Oldtown (roll number 7470)
- Location:
- Oldtown, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: M. Ní Ruanaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 28
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- (continued from previous page)Nails also were made in Garristown. A man the name of Rodgers carried on Tub-making and also made the old fashioned dash-churns.There is soap and candles made in a factory in King Street and in iIngs Inn Street. A man named Carey from Ring Commons in Balbriggan used to make baskets. Spades are manufactured in the North of Ireland. Gates are made by blacksmiths in the country and city. Ploughs are made in Wexford by a man named Pierce. All the old people long ago used to do spinning and weaving but it is not done now except in places in the West of Ireland. In a lot of parts of the city there are cloths dyed and people dye some of their clothes at home. A man named Mr Rooney makes ropes in Lusk. Thatching is done by a lot of local men. A man named Mr Rodgers from Garristown makes barrels and churns. Lime burning is carried on in Clonabrey by a man named Whyte and it is carried on by a man named Slattery near Drogheda.Travellers used to go around selling baskets long ago. Old men and women used to make baskets in their homes long ago. The baskets were made from rushes which they used to get in bogs and marshy places.
