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School: Cnoc Crochaire (roll number 4955)

Location:
Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Brian Ó hUidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0266, Page 113

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    the head with a piece of straw.
    The next thing a man wants when he is thatching is scollops. When a man proposes thatching he has to go to a wood to get rods from which he makes scollops. Then the next thing he has to get is a ladder and start to thatch. First he cleans off all the old thatch of the house and then he puts up the straw and puts the "bobs" on on top. He has a mallet with which he hammers the "bobs" into position. He continues like this until he has all the house done. When he has all done he evens off the thatch at the "eaves".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. thatching (~353)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh Connaughton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Fallon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon