School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

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   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.

   

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2. Seancheirdeanna

   

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   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.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Sweeney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Marblehill, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   D. Sweeney

   Gender

   Unknown

   Age

   42

   Address

   Marblehill, Co. Donegal