School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)
- Location:
- Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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- XML “Old Crafts - Dyeing”
- XML “Old Crafts - Thatching”
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- Collector
- Brighid Ní Lochlainn
- Gender
- Female
- When a person is about to do some thatching he obtains some straw. The straw is shaken up and pulled. Then it is put into bundles. Then the thatcher gets a ladder and some "scolbs". The thatcher then gets up on the house and gets a person to attend him. The attendant brings up the straw to him according as he wants it. He starts to thatch at the eave of the house. He puts "scolbs" in the first layer of straw he puts up. He sinks the "scolbs" down into the roof with a mallet. Then he puts another layer of straw on top of the first one and so on until he is(continues on next page)