School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- (continued from previous page)then she used to melt the tallow and pour it into the mould, and leave it harden and cool. The tallow she used was the fat of a pig or some animal.
She also made the principal part of her inside clothes out of wool. First she spun it into thread with a spinning wheel. She then took it to the weaver and got it woven, and afterwards took it to the tucking mill to get it tucked. There was a tucking mill north of Ballydehob, and there was one in Schull and Bantry also.
The first pike used in Dreenlomane was a three-pronged pike made by my great grand-father, Patrick Hayes, in his forge. He was a blacksmith, and he used to make sleághain (slauns) for cutting turf, and gruffauns for graffing also.
- Collector
- Alice Hayes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
