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School: Áth Treasna (C.)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
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Máire, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0352, Page 255

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    loop, that the wind would not blow it away. Scallops were twigs twisted and bent in the middle like hairpins, d[?]we[?]n in with the palm of the hand A thatcher always wears a leather protector on the palm of his hand. About three feet from the wall a great beam of timber was stretched from back to front wall, A wall of mud was then built on this sloping towards the other wall to make a chimney. There were two holes in the wall at each side of the fire-place, to act as closets, and an other under the table in the wall in which the hen or
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hannah M. Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Copsefield, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Kathleen Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Copsefield, Co. Cork