School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)
- Location:
- Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Héilighe
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- There was a great hook mill at Bigstone cross. Reaping hook making was carried on in it to a great extent. They had four big drays and horses for bringing the hooks around. They always went to Wexford and Carlow chiefly. They filled up the drays to the top. They had little doors in the backs of the carts. They went away to other countries and bought the bars of steel.
They had great big fires for reddening the steel, and when it would be red hot they cut it in lengths and turned it in the shape of a hook. Then they beat it out flat with great wide faced hammers. They had three big anvils. They left a sharp point on one end of it.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Dermot Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen North, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Joseph Kavanagh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen North, Co. Kildare