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School: Clomanto

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Clomantagh Upper, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Liam Mac Óda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0867, Page 337

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0867, Page 337

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  3. XML “Spinning and Weaving”
  4. XML “Thatching”
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  1. Spinning and Weaving (continued)

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    know what colour the dye was.
    Note...I distinctly remember Mrs. Heffernan John's wife [about his own age telling me about twenty years ago that the "dye" used was "black" and that the material for its manufacture was got in the neighbouring bog - Moonabrogue.
    Liam Mac Óda 1937
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Thatching

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    John Holohan (Newtown) Jer Kavanagh Balyring and Jim Corcoran Balief chief thatchers in district. Only one of these Kavanagh has it "handed down".
    Oaten straw and wheaten straw used. Wheaten supposed to be the better of the two. Scallops of hazel used.
    Not many thatched houses in district.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Mac Óda
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir

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    “Rope making not carried on in district.”

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    Rope making not carried on in district.
    Tanning of leather not carried on.
    Ropes used to be made in Garnamanagh. I have failed to find out "how" made or by whom.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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