School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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- There is a forge in this district where wheels, socks for ploughs and fire cranes are made.
- Collector
- Maisie O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mountaintown, Co. Louth
- My grandmother, Mrs Powderly, used to spin and weave stockings and make bags.
- Collector
- Maisie O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mountaintown, Co. Louth
- She used always to dye her clothes with blackberries, logwood and copras.
- Collector
- Maisie O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mountaintown, Co. Louth
- Thatching is still carried on in this district by Mick Dunne.
- Collector
- Maisie O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mountaintown, Co. Louth
- Basket Making
My father told me that a young boy and his father used to make baskets out of straw and rushes.Forge Work
In the forges they used to make spades, gates, ploughs, harrows.Spinning
There was a lot of spinning wheels in Willie(continues on next page)
