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School: Pallaskenry (roll number 12631)

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Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tomás Midheach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0504, Page 380

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    is called sheeting which is usually a thin coat of thatch, then the scallops being driven in rows all showing on the outside. They pay of the thatcher in the early years was a half-crown a day, but now it is six shillings.
    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
    Mary Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Ballydoole, Co. Limerick