School: Kiffa

Location:
Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Helen Dinneen
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 156

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  1. Long ago every house was thatched in the district. There was a man in the district who made his living by thatching. First of all he got straw and pulled it and made bundles of it, then he went up on the house on a ladder and fixed the bundle of straw on the house with a thatching fork, after that he got willows or sallies
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Adina Heaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumegil, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Boylan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumegil, Co. Cavan