School: Maoilinn (C.), Áth Treasna

Location:
Meelin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 232

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  1. Many crafts were carried on in this district in former years that are now discontinued and almost forgotten. Some of these such as basket-making and spinning thread for stockings were on a small scale for the use only of the household concerned.
    Thread was also spun from flax which was taken to the local weavers and afterwards made into shirts and sheets. Householder's made their own laces from linen threads and dyed them black with copperas and bogwood.
    On a larger scale the local blacksmith made nails, slanes, ploughs, spades, and gates for all the parish.
    Local carpentars made firkins for the farmers in which they sent their butter to the Cork market.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katty Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr D. Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meelin, Co. Cork