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1. Flax Scutching (continued)

   

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   would take five or six women three weeks to scutch about fifty stone of flax. But they did not mind that tedious work because a dance was looked forward to when the scutch house would be cleared.

   

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2. An Old Craft

   

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   An Old Craft. In former days nearly all the dwelling houses in this locality were thatched with either oat straw green rushes or tow - the portion of flax unfit for sale. The straw would be drawn into neat bundles and neatly placed in small staples beginning at the eve, one partly half way over the other until the rigging was reached. It was then secured with clabar "mortar" - a mixture of heavy clay and water. The work from start to finish calls for some skill on the thatcher's part, many of whom recieved 2/ to 2/6 per day for the work. The rushes were usually affixied

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   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
         1. gnó agus ceird (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Vincent Shalvey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Doire na Ceise, Co. an Chabháin

   Informant

   Charles Shalvey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Doire na Ceise, Co. an Chabháin