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School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
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Ellen Daly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 425

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    of the house, and some men buy the ropes, for thatching.The bought ropes are called grass ropes.
    When men here use lint to thatch a house with, they use lint to thatch a house with they do not steep it in a flax-hole. It is just pulled and put in "beets", and then dried in stooks. It is then ready for use.
    A thatched roof makes a very warm house.
    There are no men, thatchers by trade, here in Desertegney. Every man can thatch his own house. But if the thatch was put in with "scollops" that is called "sewing" the house, and it takes a tradesman thatcher to do a house that way.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liafin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Denis Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Liafin, Co. Donegal