School: Pres. Convent, Drogheda (roll number 851)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Patrick
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0679, Page 164
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- Some women in Drogheda about forty years ago used to go to the borrows to gather bent for besom making. Besoms were a kind of brooms for sweeping floors for people who could not buy brushes. The women who gathered the bent would mak a besom for two-pence. They would plait the bent to a wooden handle and tie it with string. They would not have much profit on their labour.
In those days herrings were cheap(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Hoey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- George's Street, Co. Louth
