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School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)

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Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
T. Mc Namee
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0785, Page 73

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    Old Crafts - Thatching.
    (Skerries, Co. Dublin.)
    Thatching is one of the oldest crafts known about Skerries. It is carried out by numerous men in the parish. When a man is going to thatch a house he rakes all the loose thatching off the house, and throws water on the new straw. Next day he ties the straw into little bundles called "swads". He then gets a pointed implement called a "slice" and makes a hole in the thatch. Into this hole he shoves the "swad" as tight as possible. He continues this till he had the whole roof finished. Then he trims the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Strand Street, Co. Dublin