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School: Collon (Erasmus Smith) (roll number 16325)

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Collon, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Ní Earchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0677, Page 101

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  1. Collon Sawmills (continued)

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  2. Collon Nail-Making

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    Collon Nail-making
    About seventy years ago nail-making was carried on in Collon.
    The instruments the man who made them were an anvil, a vice and a nail rod which is a rod that is measured according to the length of the nail which is being made.
    When a nail was being made he cut it to the right length and sharpened it at one end. Then he put it in a vice and hammered a head on it.
    This nail-maker did a fairly good trade
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