School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)
- Location:
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peter Duignan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 104
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- Between Ballinamuck and Mohill at a place called the Nailers cross roads there lived a Nailer. He used to make nails for boots for both men and women. He used to charge sixpence for a set of nails for a man's pair of boots and four pence for a woman's set he used to count the nails. He used to buy the nail rod in Mohill every week and he used to get 9 or 10 pieces of nail rod 6 ft long and carry it home on his shoulders. That was 6 miles and he used to get some one with a cart to carry a stone of coal that was for making nails. He had a hearth and a bellows(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lettergonnell, Co. Longford
