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School: Ballyheaffy (C.), Kilworth (roll number 10660)

Location:
Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Mary Butler
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 261

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    the thatch with the rake and he cuts it with the knife. The thatcher uses about a thousand scallops in a day. He has a ladder up on the house and a bag under his knees. He twists the scallops with his hands and makes a row of boughs with them on the top of the house until the last, without thatching, because it is very hard to thatch it. A fortnight it takes him to thatch a house.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Drislane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Denis Drislane
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford