School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)
- Location:
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Ester Jackson
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- We have two chairs with rope seats at home. The frame is made of wood. It was my father who made the seats. The rope was bought in a shop. It is wound round from the back to the front first, and then across. The rope is pulled tight, and the strands are kept as close together as possible.
- Collector
- Tom Carter
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- A pounder is made of timber and it is used for pounding potatoes and other jobs. it is like this.
It is shaped like a cup at the bottom with a stick out of it. It was Daddy who made it.
