School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (C.) (roll number 9686)
- Location:
- Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 088
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- (continued from previous page)kind of dough clay and water and shaped as desired. It was then baked in a hot oven. It was not a fine or delicate material but is served its purpose well. Barrel-making:-
Barrel's were made by hew [?] the inside out of a block of wood and also by putting hoop round staves of wood.
Fire Cranes:-
The cranes of long in count houses were made of straight bars of iron stretching down the chimney with about twenty holes in it.
Whips:
Whips were made of slit leathe [?] attached to a piece of Ash plant.
