School: Baile Theas (B.), Malla (roll number 4953)

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1. Crafts (continued)

   

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   until they had enough of cream to make the churn. The way they worked the churn was this. The way they worked the churn was this. There was a handle at each side and two people had to twist it. In the churn was a door through which they were able to get out the butter. They had to have a firkin made for six o'clock. Not much of the butter was used in the house but the most of it was taken to Cork by horse and car through the mountains to be sold in the market.

   Nail Making
   A rod of light iron is put into the fire and is let get red. Then it was taken out and put on the anvil and hammered into the shape of a nail. There are eight or nine nails made out of every rod of iron.

   Weaving and Spinning
   The people used have black and white sheep and they cut the wool off the sheep every year and they mixed the two wools. Then they made thread out of it with a spinning wheel and then they made their own stockings. They grew flax and when they are grown they pull them. They are woven into linen for making shirts and other clothes.

   

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2. Hidden Treasure

   

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   In a place near here where Thomas Russell was born are two forts. There is an underground passage leading from one to the other. Some local man named Corcoran dreamt that there was gold hidden between the two forts. He made two diggings and the holes are yet to be seen. Whether he found money or not is not known as he disappeared from the district and was never heard of since. The place is called "Fern Hill" also Dromahone and the place has a very lonely appearance.

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
         1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
            1. ór i bhfolach (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Tim O' Connell

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cúil an Mháilín, Co. Chorcaí

   Informant

   William Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Ghiblín, Co. Chorcaí