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School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)

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Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 278

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 278

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  3. XML “Old Crafts - Thatching”
  4. XML “Old Crafts - Iron Works”
  5. XML “Old Crafts - Rope-Making”
  6. XML “Old Crafts - Nail-Making”

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  1. Old Crafts - Thatching (continued)

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    at the top of the house. Then he puts a "rigging" on the top of the house. He puts more straw on teh rigging. Then he puts "scolbs" in the rigging. He goes down off the house and he changes the ladder and puts up another stroke.
    (Anthony Cornyn from his father, Peter Cornyn of Tullynaha, parish of Ballinaglera.)
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  2. Old Crafts - Iron Works

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    At one time they used to smelt iron which was brought from Sliabh an Iarainn to the townland of Druminalass. They used to have charcoal (that is, burned wood) for smelting the iron. They used to carry the iron on horses to the lake shore (Lough Allen). It was conveyed in flat-bottomed boats to the foundry on the other side of the lake to make articles of iron.
    (Michael Flynn from his father, Michael Flynn of Carntulla).
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  3. Old Crafts - Rope-Making

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    Rope-making:
    Two people are required to make a rope. One of them gets a “twister” and the other gets some “spratty” hay. A few grains of hay are twisted round the end of the twister and one begins to twist while the other keeps “spinning” the hay and they continue in this way until the rope is made.
    (Brighid Mc Partlan from her father, John Mc Partlan of Aughrim).
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  4. Old Crafts - Nail-Making

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    The people used to make nails long ago. They used to have a little bellows and an anvil. They used to get a piece of iron called a nail-rod. They used to make a fire and they used to put the nail-rod into it. Then they used to blow the bellows
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. nail-making (~117)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Mc Grail
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Gourty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Mc Gourty
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Francis Mc Grail
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim