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School: Drumlish (B.) (roll number 10022)

Location:
Drumlish, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ml. McGovern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0757, Page 317

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    for telling stories. The forge is a great place for story-telling at night as it is warm and some of the men sit on the hearth. He shoes horses and asses. William Gunshinan could make a kind of churning machine - it was fixed in the wall in the barn or dairy and by moving a handle up and down it worked the dash in the churn. There are a few of these machines in this district at present.
    Told by my father age 45 years.
    Paddy Mac Manus. 24th Oct 1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Mac Manus
    Gender
    Male