School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 111
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- (continued from previous page)danced on as the saying is, until the whole mass becomes tough or sticky. When sufficiently tempered, it is ready to be made into balls. A man would prefer (sic) about a a ton of Culm fit for ball making in one day. Old women usually make the balls. They squeeze the Culm in both hands till it is firm and about the size of a hen egg. They make two balls at the time. The balls are dried in the sun, and become hard. They are then carefully stored in a house for the winter's fuel. They make a clean and lovely fire and are more cheaper than coal.
- Collector
- Josephine White
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathkenny, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Teresa Magner
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
