School: Naomh Maolmaodhóg, Dúndealgan (roll number 15258)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 186
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“At a place called Fane Valley there is a thatcher called Paddy Biggs...”
(continued from previous page)this man is 82 or 83 he still thatches houses. The only implements this man uses are the "whale" and the "baucken". The "baucken" is a short stick about 18" long with a handle on it and with this he makes a hole in the thatch. He then shoves in some straw and beats it down with the "whale" which is a piece of wood about 2 1/2 feet long curved on one side and flat on the other. This is implement has a short handle and is very like a cricket bat.
Told by:- Mr. D. Carmody,
Fane Valley.
John Cooney.
- Collector
- John Cooney
- Informant
- Mr D. Carmody
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newtownfane, Co. Louth