School: Carrowreagh (roll number 16884)
- Location:
- Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Annie Davidson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 26
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- (continued from previous page)and one row across the eason. He goes on this way until he has finished.
- Before a man can thatch is house he must draw the straw to have it all the same length and then he puts it in equal bunches..
He thatches a span at a time and when he has that done he puts the scobes in at the head and food to keep the straw down.
The spurtle makes the holes for the bunches of straw called the staple in with the spurtle. There are two little iron prongs and a wooden handle on the spurtle it is nearly like a fork. - Collector
- Joan Peoples
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bridge End, Co. Donegal
