School: Maio (roll number 13119)
- Location:
- Trohanny, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chreaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 385
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- (continued from previous page)which is used now. It is hollow in the centre something the shape of a saucer, with two ears for crooks which enables it to be hung over the fire like a pot. The candlestick was made of metal. There was a stand in the middle, and out from it were two arms. These arms were constructed on the make of a pliers, and these pliers would hold a candle each.
There were two thatchers in the district, Pat Smith, and Pat Feadis. They died between fifteen and twenty years ago.
There were horse-nails made in a forge on top of Maio hill.
There was a limekiln on every farm long ago, in which the people used to burn lime-stone. Some of these limekilns were made of stone, and more of them were made of clay.
There was a weaver in Drominiskin named Thomas Cahill. He used to weave woollen cloth(continues on next page)
