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School: Naomh Peadar, Droichead Átha (roll number 11072)

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Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
S. Mac Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 091

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    being built now are roofed with slates or tiles. Slate roofs last longer than thatched ones. Every year one will have to repair a thatched one. A thatched house is very warm but very dangerous if a fire broke out. Some men are neater thatchers than others. This is the way thatching is done. The straw for thatching is first got ready. Then a long ladder is stretched up the roof. First all the old thatch is cleared down otherwise it would damage the new thatch. The implement used is called a thatching fork. Some thatchers sew the thatch on with a wire or rope.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Ormiston
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    William Street, Co. Louth