School: Cootehill (B)
- Location:
- Cootehill, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: W. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1018, Page 143
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- Leather - Tanning was carried on in this town Cootehill by a family named Cooney up to seventy years ago
The hide was first "curried". This was done by placing the hide in a tank of lime and water, until the hair was burned off. Then the "curried" hide was placed in the tan-hole and left there until it was sufficiently "tanned" Then when it was "tanned" it was taken out and "dressed"
- Nails were made here until about 20 years ago. They were made out of a fine rod of iron called "nail-rod".
This was heated until red-hot. Then it was hammered to shape on an anvil called a "stake". Then it was put into a mould and hammered until a head was made on it. - Candles were made here until 75 years ago. A large amount of fat was melted and poured into a mould and(continues on next page)
