School: Baile an tSratha (roll number 17014)
- Location:
- Ballintra, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séarlus S. Ua Baoighill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 213
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- We have still got a cooper in Ballintra whose name is Joe Torrens. He makes tubs and churns from oak trees. He cuts the trees into small pieces about two feet-long [sic.]. Then he splits them into staves. He puts these staves away to season and after that he cleans them and puts them into stave-hoops. He then puts a fire inside the half-made churn to shape the staves.After that he puts a bottom in and a cap on it and a lid with a hole in it to let the churn staff through. He makes barrels and tubs in much the same way. He charges twenty-five shillings for a large churn, and eighteen shillings for a small one.
- Collector
- Seamus Corr
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballintra, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Joe Torrens
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Ballintra, Co. Donegal
