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School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

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Knocknagree, Co. Cork
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Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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    unsalted butter which they rubbed with a cloth.
    Connie "the tins" Cronin made and repaired tins. He was the only man around here who could do it.
    Jer Twomey was able to repair clocks.
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  2. Old Crafts

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    Before matches came into use the people lit their fires by kindling the fire each night and they had coal lighting in the morning. If they had no coal they had to go to their neighbours for a coal. If their neighbour had no coal they lit cotton by rubbing flint and steel together and the cotton between them. They rubbed them together until the cotton lit.
    To polish boots they burned straw and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Tadhg Ó Lubhaing
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Nohaval Upper, Co. Cork