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School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)

Location:
Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 038

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 038

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  3. XML “Trades and Crafts Weaving”
  4. XML “Trades and Crafts - Coopering”

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  1. Trades and Crafts Weaving (continued)

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    take two men to weave five square yards in a day at five pence per yard.
    It takes them a whole day before they can start weaving, putting the threads all in their places.
    My father told me that their were seventy-two weavers under one roof in Doory at one time.
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  2. Trades and Crafts - Coopering

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    Coopering is a trade that is now dying out.
    Long ago the coopers were kept very busy making such things as, churns, tubs, cools, heelers, piggons, firkins, noggins and dishes.
    A cool was used for a half firkin. A heelers was used as milk vessel. Piggons were used as household vessels. Noggins were used for eating porridge and drinking milk out of.
    There is one cooper
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mulvey
    Gender
    Male