School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)
- Location:
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Úna Nic Coluin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0434, Page 051
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- (continued from previous page)was let get hard. When the fat was hard enough, the candle was taken out and used.
Before slate or iron came into use, thatch was the only thing to put on top of houses. This is how it was done:-
first wheaten straw and long spars were got. The spars were usually splinters of bogdeal. The thatch was put up in courses and held with the spars.
Turners were very numerous around this district long ago.
A turner used make all timber utensils, namely:- buckets, mugs, egg stands, milking cans, and many other things.
- Collector
- B. Ní Luineacháin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Laharan, Co. Kerry
