School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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- (continued from previous page)sent to the tannery in Letterkenny and the shoe-makers went from house to house.
Long ago hardly any delph was used and they used to eat their stir-about out of a "noggins". They would milk cows into a "pigin". The "noghin" and the "pigin" each have one handle and are made out of oak. The lime was burned in a round building of stones with two holes.
- There was a man called John Mc Fadden who used to make baskets. There was a man who could weave named James Mc Clafferty. There is a man called Owen Sweeney who lives in Brocas and he is a very good thatcher. There is a man called David Mc Elhinney and he could make ropes. Some shoemakers long ago used to be able to tan leather.
- Collector
- John Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Marblehill, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- D. Sweeney
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Marblehill, Co. Donegal
