School: Lackamore, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 2428)

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1. Old Crafts (continued)

   

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   Deere of Rear Cross. He used to make keelers to set the milk, firkins to hold the butter, and barrels to churn the cream. The barrels used to be made of timber. They used have them of a certain thickness and on the ends of the barrel they used fix iron which was called hand iron and they used rest on a frame when churning, so that they could make butter out of the cream by twisting the iron round and round. There used to be a big hole about five inches in the barrel to put in the cream and it used to be closed with a piece of timber called a clapper. Inside in the barrel there used to be three dash boards to help to make the butter.

   Sugan
   People used to make their own ropes of twisted hay; the hay rope was and is still called "Sugan". They had a twister for the use. The twister was made by holding two pieces of elder, connected by a piece of plain wire. A turn was put on one end of and the hay put on the turns, as the wire was twisted, the hay twisted with it and the twisted hay was the "Sugan" or the hay rope. people put the "Sugan2 on chairs, and the "Sugan" holds longer than the hemp and is also used for tying hay and tying the thatch of the turf.

   Burning Lime in Kilns
   People used to burn their own lime. Some lime-kilns are there still, but no use is being made of them now. We get the lime now in Barna about two

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lizzie Caplis

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tooreenbrien Upper, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mr John Caplis

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Tooreenbrien Upper, Co. Tipperary