School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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- Long ago the people would scutch the flax with beetles. They would put the flaz across a chair and then they would hit it with a beetle.
- Collector
- Terry Corrigan
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
- Long ago the people used to make candles out of grease. That was the only way they had for making them.
Long ago the people would scutch the flax down on a chair and hit it with a beetle. Then the people would go and make ropes of it and get a cow or a calf(continues on next page) - Collector
- Paul Corrigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Hugh Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
