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School: Log na nGall (roll number 15663)

Location:
Lugnagall, Co. Sligo
Teachers:
Tomás Ó Hodhráin Bean Uí Hodhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 161

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    Most of the houses in Collinsford were thatched. This is how thatching is done. Trust the man who is thatching, who has to get straw and has to put a ladder up to the house. Then he goes up the ladder with a bundle of straw, and puts it on the house. He continues putting the straw on until he has the house finished. Then he cuts the bottom of the straw that is in the house to examine it. Every fours years he puts a new coat of thatch on the house.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Harte
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Collinsford, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Henegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Collinsford, Co. Sligo