School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Belvoir, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 034
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“Long ago people never bought anything they could possibly make themselves.”
(continued from previous page)bogdeal stick them in oil and light it if they wanted anything in the house.
II Nails
The smith used always make nails out of rod iron, for his own use and the use of the people.
Up to twenty years ago the smith made all the nails he wanted.
III Ploughs
Nearly every farmer made his own plough from timber. Sometimes the carpenter made the ploughs for the farmers, but it was very seldom because every farmer thought his son how to make a plough from generation to generation. They are several timber ploughs in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Baylee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Enagh North, Co. Clare