School: Leachtbhruadair (Loughfooder) (roll number 14366)

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1. The Manufacture of Linen (continued)

   

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   in a dry corner of the house to harden. It was then pounded with aTúirgín . After that it was cloved with a cloving-tongs by a number of girls. The girls of the locality used always help one another at cloving-time. The event was always celebrated with a dance. Then the thread was bleached and taken to the local weaver by the glowers to make linen of it. The End.

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2. A Local Thatcher

   

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   This account was related by Mr. Bartholomew Hickey of Meenleitrim, Knocknagoshel, Co. Kerry.

   He is a farmer. Meenleitrim is his native townland and there he has lived all his life.

   Thatched houses are becoming rare along the main road leading from Abbeyfeale to Castleisland.

   No newly-built houses are thatched and the thatched ones are gradually being replaced by solid well-ventilated slated buildings all over the

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