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School: Killea (roll number 3219)

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Killea, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Coilín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 231

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    When farmers need ropes they make them themselves instead of buying the modern hemp rope. This is the way the farmers make ropes. One person gets a tra-hook and another gets an armful of coarse hay. The person who gets the tra-hook twists the hay into a rope and the other person spins the rope and prevents it from getting too thick or getting too thin. When the rope is made it is rolled in a clew.
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    A tra-hook is made from a piece of bull wire about two feet long. First a hook about two inches wide is turned on one end of the wire. Then two pieces of stick (A&B) about one inch in diamater and six inches long are got and a hole about a quarter of an inch wide is bored with an augur down
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. rope-making (~133)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Rooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim