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School: Áth Liag (roll number 15308)

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Athleague, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0264, Page 076

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0264, Page 076

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    bobbins are put. A bobbin is a handful of straw bent in the middle and tied near the end. Then the bobbins are out in on a scolb and put at the end of the stroke of thatch. When the thatcher comes to the last stroke at the end of the house he has to put the ladder back on the new thatch the last stroke lefthanded.
    Basketmaking:-
    Ths work was common in this district also. At first rods are stuck down and other rods
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Boyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coollusty, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Boyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coollusty, Co. Roscommon