School: Dún Gar (Frenchpark) (roll number 3961)

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1. The Old Crafts and Craftsmen (continued)

   

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   the grouting between them with his hands -nothing was used to mix or work the material but bare feet and hands - when the curved top had been covered over completely with the bricks the baker merely set the turf on fire thus setting the grouting, and his oven was ready. There was no yeast then either and the baker had to prepare his own barm from potatoes and malt.
   Down near Loughy Gara was the great poteen making area and a craft requiring a great degree of skill the same trade is.
   All the bricks used in Frenchpark House were made on the spot. The kiln is still in the wood and the clay was got in Turloughnamaddy. But
   brick making never took hold here; anyhow the Dutchmen who were brought over to make the bricks returned to their own country when the work was done.
   Pat Greevy's mother was the sugar boiler and though her method of
   making "Peggy's Leg" was a most disgusting one - the round shape
   being given by rolling between her hands, not over-clean, which had been moistened by spitting on them - the finished product was delightful
   to eat.

   

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2. The Fairs and Markets

   

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   The Fairs and Markets

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