School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 372
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“Long ago weavers were not very common but the people of the country would weave their own clothes at home.”
(continued from previous page)was a half a crown or two shillings. The name of the men who made them were Paddie Harkin Dinney McGougin Isle of Doagh. EVery man would thatch his own house and they would make their own ropes out of straw. They would thatch them with rushes and straw and sometimes bent
Long ago in olden times there were men who would make churns and tubs. They would make the churns out off would called ash. They would cut barrels in the middle and that would do for tubs. They would gather kelp round(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Magheramore, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Toland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Magheramore, Co. Donegal