1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Teampall Mhuire

School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 294

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 294

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Teampall Mhuire
  2. XML Page 294
  3. XML “Thatching Long Ago”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Thatching Long Ago

    Share Share Post
    First of all the straw has to be threshed then it has to be carefully drawn and all the grain, as far as possible taken out, to prevent it from growing on the house.
    Then the next thing is to get rods and prepare the scollops. Then the ladders have to be got as a thatcher generally uses two ladders, one to get on to the house and the other on the roof.
    The last time for thatching is in dry weather and when the roof is dry.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Rogers
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Palmerstown, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Rogers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Palmerstown, Co. Mayo