School: Brosna (B.) (roll number 13018)
- Location:
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Aonghus Ó Laochdha
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- (continued from previous page)the bottom of the thatch and also for cleaning the "course". The needle was used for sewing the first coat of thatch in the rafters.
- ThatchingLong ago the people of Ireland used thatched houses.
These houses were very warm and comfortable.First the scraws were cut in the bog and left to dry for a fortnight or so. When they were dry they were placed on the rafters and covered over with rushes, reed, or straw. At first the oats was threshed with a "Flail" [?] and the remaining of straw was "drawn" and made into neat sheaves. The bogdeal was found in the bog with a "spit'. Then it was brought home and out into seallops about two and a half feet long. It was put in a dry place them to season it well before putting up on the house. For a thatcher it was necessary for him to have a thaching knife, a handleather, and a rack. He used the thatching knife for cutting the thatch at the eve of the house. He used the handleather for driving the scallops through the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Ben Guiney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glantaunluskaha, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Jack Regan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Thatcher
- Address
- Reacaslagh, Co. Kerry