School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)

Location:
Camross, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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  1. How to make a zig zag harrow.
    The first thing you do you cut up pieces of iron and shoulder them. Then they are tapped. You cut ten pieces of iron for the cross bars and eight for the bulls. The bulls have to be made round at both ends. There has to be five holes punched in the bulls. There has to be four holes in the cross bars. Then the 40 pens have to be pointed. The eight bulls and the [four] ten cross bars are laid on the
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    William Seymour
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56