School: Meelick (B.)

Location:
Meelick, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 388

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 388

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  1. In olden times the people knew many trades, but many of them have been forgotten now. There was a man called Thomas Howard in Redgate who was a famous basket-maker. It is said that he descended from the Danes He used to make chairs, cradles, cages for blackbirds and thrushes and other different sorts of baskets. Long ago people always kept a blackbird or a thrush in the house and so he got great demand for the cages. He also got great demand for calf-baskets and cradles.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Woodcockhill, Co. Clare
  2. In the year 1887 lime was burned in Coonagh in a place called the "Lime Kiln." The Kiln is still to be seen as well as the stones from which the lime was burned.
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