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School: Faughalstown (roll number 9622)

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Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 565

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  2. Old Crafts - Wheel-Making

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    My grand father was a carpenter and he had papers certifying that he was a wheel-right by trade. My father carries on the same trade at Ranahinch. My father gets the ash for the felloes sawed into planks at the saw mill but my grandfather had to saw it out of the trees himself in a saw-pit. To do this two men were needed one under the timber which
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