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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 219

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    She had a large spinning wheel with which she spun the flax. She was noted for the beautiful shawls and other clothes she made. People came many miles to get their clothes dyed with her, and also to get things woven with her. She is very old now and there is no one to take up her job.
    There lives a man in Livenavra named James Cahill who is a great carpenter. He makes carts, gates, churns, barrels, and all kinds of hardware. He has a lot of instruments with which he makes these things. Some of these instruments are chisels, augers, saws, hammers, pincers, rasps, files, and turn screws. This man still keeps carpenter shop and is known far and near
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Skearke, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Michael Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skearke, Co. Meath