School: Ferbane (B.)
- Location:
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 174
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- Spades: In olden times blacksmiths used to make spades. There used to be a wooden step on the forge - made spade. Some such spades were made in Ferbane as late as fifty years ago.
Candles: About fifty years ago people used to go to the bog and get a sheaf of rushes, peal them, dry them, and melt suet or greas and dip the rushes in it. In that way they made candles.
Baskets: In olden times the people used to get hazel rods, put a point on them and twist them in and out to make baskets at home. This work is still done by Patrick Caulfield Derrica Ferbane.
- Collector
- Patrick Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Kenny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
