School: Clara (2)
- Location:
- Clara, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thomáis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0807, Page 436
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- There were five or six barrel-makers in Clara and they used to make churns, keelers and naggins.
They were called the Coopers Robins and James and Barney and Pter were all Robins.
They had a garden of sallies behind the house and they would buy sallies.
Often they bougth some from Peter Flattery's father. He would be there with feetwear. Sallies were to hoop them.
They were made out of oak.
Noggins were like wooden mugs and a thing sticking up to catch your hands in. Keelers were like buckets.
There are no poeple make that sort of work in Clara now. This was all told to me by my teacher.
- Collector
- John Whitehead
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Erry (Maryborough), Co. Offaly
