School: Dromiskin (B.), Dundalk (roll number 837)
- Location:
- Dromiskin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Jas. Morgan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0666, Page 038
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- (continued from previous page)stretches it along the roof securing it to each gable and about six inches from the eaves. He then makes small wire pegs or crooks which he twists around the wire and presses into the thatch. I should mention that before putting on this wire he rakes the thatch with a small hand-rake taking all the loose straws away. The wire is to ensure that the thatch will be blown away by the wind. Sometimes the thatcher sprays the thatch with a solution of sulphate of coppor and water, which it is said preserves the straw.
In the case of thatching a bare roof the thatcher ties up small bundles of straw and straps them securely to the rafters with strong cord or thin pliable wire. He covers(continues on next page)
