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School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan

Location:
Rathangan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Pádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 041

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    Piggins were wooden vessels used to carry water. The women would fold their aprons and place them on their heads. On this they would carry the Piggin full of water, and sometimes they carried a "gallon" of water in the hand at the same time. Tom Kelly of Mullentine, aged 84 years, told me, he often saw his Aunt carrying two vessels in the above manner.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline Hamilton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathangan, Co. Kildare