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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 105

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    manure out on their backs in bags. There were no carts that time. Every two farmers used to plough together with spades. When they would finish one man they would go to the other man and finish him. When the second man was finished it was time to put in the potatoes.
    They used to make candles. The way they made them was they mixed wax and meal together. They used to make baskets out of sallies by weaving them in and out.
    The forge-men made the graips out of iron. They put three prongs on them. They also made forks, shovels, ploughs, gates, crane-crooks, scythes candle-sticks, griddles and made them all out of iron. These
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Peter Carrol
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan