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Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
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Helen Dinneen
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 156

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 156

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  1. Old Crafts - Spinning and Weaving (continued)

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  2. Old Crafts - Thatching

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    Long ago every house was thatched in the district. There was a man in the district who made his living by thatching. First of all he got straw and pulled it and made bundles of it, then he went up on the house on a ladder and fixed the bundle of straw on the house with a thatching fork, after that he got willows or sallies
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