School: Lorg an Iarla (roll number 13590)
- Location:
- Lurganearly, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ní Choilldubh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 051
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Lorg an Iarla
- XML Page 051
- XML “Linen Weaving”
- XML “Nails”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)Drumacrib in the Parish Mucknoe in Co Managhan in the house where Mr Wm Martin now lives
- Nails were made from long thin iron rods called nail rods. The iron was reddened in the fire and then cut into lengths and pointed.
Swing ploughs fire cranes and gates were made at the forge. Hide was got from the butcher and tanned. It was soaked in hot lime for a couple of days and then the hair came out and it was rubbed with oil. This leather was soaked in water and then it was used for a "tug" for a flail which was made for fastening two thick sticks together with this tug. The flail was used for threshing corn.
Buckets and creels were made with sallow willow rods. The strong rods were cut down the middle then bent into shape. Then the lighter rods were woven in and out. - Collector
- W. Blackwood
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Altnamackan, Co. Armagh
- Informant
- Mr G. Blackwood
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Altnamackan, Co. Armagh
