School: Coillte Críotáin
- Location:
- Erris, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 379
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- 15. Thatching is not done much now because the houses are slated expecially those who are building now. When the people go thatching they get a ladder and some rushes or straw and squeeze-loops.
Although thatch is slow it is comfortable and warm.
- 16. For thatching a house you have to get straw and rods. Then the rods are cut in lengths. The straw is drawn and tied up in bundles. Then the man gets a ladder and puts it up to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Shannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltycreaghtan, Co. Roscommon
