School: Baile na Cille, Roscrea (roll number 10350)
- Location:
- Baile na Coille, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: F. Bergin
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- (continued from previous page)picked potatoe, and could hold 4 st.
Pat Tierney was the local Kish maker.
Candle making: Inserting Bull rush into a pot of melted tallow, and with-drawing same and re-inserting until candle was formed.
Ploughs: The ancient method for making ploughs and harrows was, with timber, and those were drawn with oxen.
Whips: whips were made with the hair of cattle and horses tails, intertwined or woven together.
Thatching: the ancient method for thatching was, first rushes and ferns were cut and dried , then the house was thatched with them. Another way for thatching was with straw.
Gate making: gates were made with timber just the same as the(y) are made nowadays.
Pottery: The way
