School: Aclint, Ardee (roll number 2138)

Location:
Aclint, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Neill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 264

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 264

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    to grow their own flax and when it would be ready to pull they would pull it. Also basket making was very common there was one man whose name was James Craven of Reaghstown. Also there was another man whose name was Mc Cabe who lived in Tallanstown. The men for thatching were Peter Gilmore and Nicholas Mc Cardle and Peter Neary they used to thatch all around their district
    Written by Kathleen Martin 14th Dec 1937
    Told by John Martin 13th Dec 1937
    Knockaboys
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Crafts.
    Thatching: There was a man by the name of Henry Gilmore from Edmondstown, he used to make small bundles of straw and wet it and leave them there for about a week. Then he use to start to thatching every line of straw that he would put on he would put on mud. He lived about the year 1897.
    Spinning: There was a woman from Ballabonia by the name of Annie Caffery
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mohan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Mohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aclint, Co. Louth