School: Gleann Bruacháin (C.), Cnoc Luinge (roll number 12614)
- Location:
- Glenbrohane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Sheighin
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- (continued from previous page)grown-ups engaged in was making vessels of leather & horn combined. I saw a hunting flash of leather & horn, used for taking about 1 pint of poteen to the Hunt This also was found in a rubbish heap.
A line for hanging clothes on was made out of empty cotton spools. These were strung together on a piece of cord & they made a very substantial clothes line.
Sixty or Seventy years ago, the children often amused themselves making cars, lorries, doll cars etc from card-board boxes & corks for wheels. The corks were holed through & a bit of stick driven through them to make an axle & a piece of cord attached to side of box made loops for axle. Often the wheels were made of cover of tin boxes, & often out of a bit of timber.[Drawing] - Cart
- cork for wheelOften a saddle was made out of a canvas bag & two stray bits of rope. The bag was folded in four & the rope made into the form of stirrups & attached to it[Drawing] - Saddle
- Saddle
- Stirrups
