School: Glostremin (roll number 15441)
- Location:
- Glasdrumman, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Maire Nic an Bháird
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- Some years ago when butter-making was in vogue in this district the people put their butter in ferkins which they bought from a cooper. Their is one such tradesman in this district named James Donnelly. He bought the ash trees and got them out into boards in the sawmill. These boards were about four inches wide by a half inch thick and stood about thirty together and shaped the ferkin like a small barell. He then made hoops out of "Sailidhe rods split in the centre to keep the staves these are the boards together
- Collector
- E. Doonigan
- Gender
- Unknown
- Informant
- Thomas Mc Grail
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Glasdrumman, Co. Leitrim