School: Belturbet (B)
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: J. Mc Govern
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- (continued from previous page)As green as grass
As thin as a needle
As quick as the wind.
As fit as a fiddle
As slow as a snail
As sweet as honey
As white as a corps
- The coopers were Sullivans Bridge St, Jermyns Kilconny, Timoney Main St Rielly Kilconny, and Mc Adam. Holborn Hill. They made butts, ferkins, tubs, and churns. The tools they used were, a drawing knife, an inch shave, and an anvil. They made wooden hoops. The difference between a butt and a firkin is that a ferkin is bigger and a firkin holds 70 lbs and a butt 50 lbs.
- Informant
- Mr P. Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
