School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)
- Location:
- Lowertown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 305
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- (continued from previous page)one for boat nails and one for iron nails and many other shapes. Whatever kind of nails a person wanted, he heated a piece of iron in the fire, and put it into the shape and beat it until he had it into whatever shape he wanted.
- There wasn't any linnen industry carried on in Ireland, long ago, and so the women of every house, made their own thread out of flax.In Spring the ground was first ploughed, harrowed, and fined with the mouth of a basket. Then the flax seed which was very like clover seeds was sown. When it grew up, it was like wheat and when it ripened, a pale blew flower came on top of it. When it was very ripe, it was pulled up, roots and all. The roots were like wheat roots. It was made into little bundles, and carried to a lake or bog and put(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs John Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Gunpoint, Co. Cork
