School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)
- Location:
- Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Héilighe
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- (continued from previous page)and boots and leggings and saddles for the hunts men.
He got very thin wire to make the lash of the whip and he covered it with horse skin and he made the handle from thick sally switches and covered it with horse skin also.
The hunts men got him the leather and he tanned it for them. He put horse hair under the leather and kept it inside with thick lining to keep the leather from hurting the horses back.
The leggings were not like the ones that are out now. The leather was in little squares and they had to be put together with hemp. At that time no one used frying pans or bake pans. Another man named(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Miley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mrs Buttler
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female