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School: Kilnagross (roll number 12317)

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Kilnagross, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
John Hunt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0208, Page 466

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    used. The both pitch and grease used to be boiled. When they used to be well boiled they used to turn it out to cool. When it was hard it was wax.
    Long ago the coopers used to make pails churns and butter firkins for the people. The way they used to make the pails was to cleave out the staves with a cleaver and put them together. A treshoop made from sally rods and woven with twigs used to be put on top of the staves. When the staves were fastened a hoop of either iron or wood used be put on. Then the bottom used to be put in and the treshoop knocked off.
    Churns were made in the same way only the bottom was made first.
    Collected by Mary Gaffney
    Lisdrumera, Kilnagross
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisdromarea North, Co. Leitrim