School: Lacken (C.), Cill Mhichíl (roll number 13827)
- Location:
- Lacken, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaonaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0602, Page 045
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- (continued from previous page)bow. Out of these they made spancels for fastening cows and horses.Leather
They made leather from the hides of cows and horses. First they buried the hides with lime until the hair fell off Then they took them up and hammered them and they made shoes and other things from themStarch
They made starch from what was left of the juice of the potatoes before they made the stampy.Coopering
The cooper used to make barrels, churns, firkins in which the butter was brought to market and they used also repair themThatching
The thatcher used go around sewthatching. It was sewthacthing because he used fasten it on to the roofing. It is with straw he used to thatch it, either got from rye, barley, or oats. The instruments he used were a big clippers, and a big needle.
- Collector
- Brigid O' Leary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cahercannavan, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Michael O' Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Cahercannavan, Co. Clare
