School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Giolla Críost
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 235
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- (continued from previous page)He put the garment out to dry on a line. When it was partly dry, he took it in and pressed it with a smoothing iron which he had for the purpose, and it was ready for wear. Bernard Smith used to live in Aughadreena. He died about six months ago.
- James Cullivan is the name of the thatcher in my district. The implements he uses are a rake, a mallet and a stoppler. When he is thatching he puts a ladder up to the house, and he brings a bundle of straw with him up on the house when he is going up. Then he takes a handful of straw, when it is after being pulled-this means that the blades of straw ly end to end.
He makes a hole in the bottom of the thatch. Then he pushes the handful as far as it can go, with the "stoppler". He puts a row of these handfuls across(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Smiths
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Beaghy, Co. Cavan
