School: An Cillín (roll number 16603)
- Location:
- Killin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Eachlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 251
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- (continued from previous page)Most of all the men who live beside the seaside take a hand at fishing.
Long ago the people had no light except rush candles. They cut and dried the rushes and [stepped?] steeped them in melted fat. They were lit at night in order that the people would see to spin. A member of the family had to hold the candle while the woman used to spin. Tucking was done with a needle and thread by the hand.
For ropemaking the rushes used to be boiled, beetled, [stepped?] steeped and dried. They then used to be plaited and made into ropes. There was a cooper living in this townland who used to make, tubs, churns, and barrels.
- Collector
- Annie Teresa Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumlaghtafin, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Anne Meehan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 77
- Address
- Drumlaghtafin, Co. Donegal
