Scoil: Forgney, Ballymahon (uimhir rolla 860)

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1. Thatching

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   There are plenty of thatched houses in this locality. Wheaten or rye straw makes the best thatch. Failing these, oaten straw is used.
   A good coat of thatch will last five or six years. There are a few good thatchers in every district, who are employed at the work which is generally done in the Winter or Spring when the straw is plentiful and easily handled.
   When a person wants to get his house thatched he cuts a big bundle of scollops, either of scally or privet. The scollop will be about one and a half feet long, and sharply pointed at each end.
   A number of bundles of straw are then made. A ladder is placed by the side of the house and the thatcher ascends and pulls down any old decayed thatch or scollops. He brings up with him a bundle of straw tied with a straw or hay rope, a mallet, and a punching fork.

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   Topaicí

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
            1. thatching (~353)

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   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Frances Mc Loughlin

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   Forgney, Co. Longford