School: Cnoc an Chláraigh, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 14002)
- Location:
- Knockaclarig, Co. Cork
- Teacher: David Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 479
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- ThatchingAll the houses in this district were thatching until a few years ago. Thatching a house is a trade in itself. There were three great thatchin in this district. Daniel Rahilly. Patrick Curtin and Michail Foley.When the house was roofed, they dug long scraraca [?] each scrair [?] 3 inches thick and 2 1/2 feet wide the scra [?] were rolled and put on the roof. They pulled the ruches and thatched the scrair [?] with they short rushes. This thatch was seem to the riobháns [?], they had a thacthing needle for doing this.When one coat of the rushes was seun [?] to the scrair [?] the house was then thatched with ruches and scallops. The scallops were made from twigs.
