School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)
- Location:
- Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Eva Campbell
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- There are not many old crafts in my district except forge work and thatching. These are all the crafts that I know of in my district. Forge making is hard work to those who are not used to it but the smith who is used to it does not find it hard. The smith has to fix ploughs, cultivators, grubbers, harrows, and cart wheels. Sometimes he has to renew the shoeing on the cart-wheel. The smith can also shoe horses and ponies which do not kick. It is very hard to shoe a horse which is a kicker. The smith is in danger of losing his life.Some people round the country thatch their houses. It is not hard work. The thatcher takes an armful of rushes and spreads it over the roof and ties it on. Sometimes the thatcher thatches with flax.The people of the last generation were not so clever as they are now and they had not so many luxuries and inventions. They did not know anything about lamps. They made candles instead. These candles were made with fat which was got from wild animals fowls and pigs killed at home and which was boiled down. They saved it for the purpose. When the fat was boiled down they would take the rushes and strip the outer skin off them. Then they would stick the peeled rushes into the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Meta Nesbitt
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Tullynageer, Co. Monaghan
