School: Mághthobair (Mohober), Dúrlas Éile (roll number 7048)
- Location:
- Mohober, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0562, Page 083
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- Leather was tanned years ago with the bark of an oak tree. The hides are first heaped for a certain length of time, about five or six months. Before being heaped it is steeped in lime. It is then taken up and tacked to a board and the hair is scraped off. The second process was done from the sap of the bark of the oak tree. This was done at Coady's and Dunphy's in Callan and the yards where they buried the skins were called tanyards. The holes were to be seen in the yards up to a few years ago.
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- Collector
- Richard Hanrahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fanningsbog, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 33
- Address
- Fanningsbog, Co. Tipperary
