School: Loughmoe (B.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7694)
- Location:
- Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Riain
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- XML “Old Crafts - Basket-Making”
- XML “Thatching”
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- Collector
- Patrick Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baronstown, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baronstown, Co. Tipperary
- There are a lot of thatched houses in Loughmore yet. The first hting a man does when he is going to thatch it to gather scollops and point them. Then he pulls wheaten straw, as it is the best for thatching. Then he gets a bundle of scollops and thatch and takes them up on the roof of the house with him. Then he gets a fist of thatch and leaves it on the roof and drives a scollop through it to keep it from blowing away. The implements a thatcher uses are a wooden mallet, a rake, a knife, and(continues on next page)