School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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- (continued from previous page)end. A plug of paper was put into the gun and it is ready for use.
- In old times a boy made a top out of a thread spool. He pared one end into a blunt point. He put a blunt pointed stick down through the top and it was ready for use.
A wheel-barrow was made in this way. Two shafts were procured. These were mortised and shaped. Two cross slates were put in the mortises.
The wheel was cut out of a trunk of a round tree. A square hole was mortised in the wheel a piece of wood was put through the hole in the wheel.
A wedge was put at each side to keep the wheel steady. A piece of iron was driven into the piece of wood through the wheel. Then the wheel was put on. A front was put into the barrow and it was ready for use.- Collector
- Harrison Hughes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Annyart, Co. Monaghan