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School: Crieve (roll number 4369)

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Creeve, Co. Monaghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 242

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    Old Crafts
    a comb and a sharp knife. A stappler was a flat iron about eighteen inches long with a v point at one end and a horizontal handle fixed to the other end. The needle was from three to hour feet long - made like a sewing needle, but with an egg shaped handle. The sharp knife was used for cutting of and making the thatch even, the comb was used for combing of the cut thatch.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Branyan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Listroar, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr Moffat
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Creeve, Co. Monaghan