School: Cúl Seachtaine
- Location:
- Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Caitln Nic Dhonnchadha
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- (continued from previous page)bottom of the bed.
The mattress for these beds were made with bags filled with chaff which they gathered when they were threshing.Whip making.
Peter Farrell in Portnahinch was a whip maker. When a horse died he skinned him. He cut the skin into fine pieces and platted them together and tied a cord to the end of it tied it to a stick.Linen making.
The people in olden times sowed flax. Then they pulled it. They brought it to a drain.
When the froth would rise on it they took it up to dry. When it was dry they brought it home and made a hurl they put it over the fire until it would dry. When dry they took it down and put it on the floor and broke it with a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tom Scally
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Portnahinch, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Gallagh, Co. Roscommon
