School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 406
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In old times a boy made a top out of a thread spool. He pared one end into a blunt point. He put a blunt pointed stick down through the top and it was ready for use.
A wheel-barrow was made in this way. Two shafts were procured. These were mortised and shaped. Two cross slates were put in the mortises.
The wheel was cut out of a trunk of a round tree. A square hole was mortised in the wheel a piece of wood was put through the hole in the wheel.
A wedge was put at each side to keep the wheel steady. A piece of iron was driven into the piece of wood through the wheel. Then the wheel was put on. A front was put into the barrow and it was ready for use.
