School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 481

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    There was a nailer over in Convent Lane Listowel. He had a little fire in one corner of his shop and he used get a certain piece of wire and he used make the nails this way and he used sell his nails to the people of the town.
    The flax when he got withered would be put into a bog hole and left there for a few weeks. Then it would be taken out of the bog hole and would be trown along the ground and when it was done the people who owned the flax would build a rail about 20 yds long and a big fire inside this and on top of this the flax would be put and when this was done it would be very dry and then it would be sent into Moriarty's and he would turn it into wool fo them for he was a Weaver.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Collins
    Gender
    Male