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School: Ros Mór, Béal Átha Fhinghín (roll number 10378)

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Rossmore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Michéal Ó Corcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0307, Page 072

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    Many kinds of wood-work are done by the country carpenter. The carpenter is very handy for the farmer because he does almost all wood-work for him.
    The carpenters chief business is cart-making. It takes him a long time to make a cart and when the body of the cart is finished he makes the wheels. It takes him a long time also to make the wheels because he has alot of planing and cutting to do. First he has to make the box of the wheel and then put on the spoke and rim them. He has to be very exact in rimming a wheel is that the smith can iron it well. He is also very handy for making house-hold furniture such as tables chairs etc. The carpenters chairs are a lot stronger than those bought in shops. He also makes windows. When a house is
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Carey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilvurra, Co. Cork