School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 216
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- Peel two thirds part of a rush and leave on a third-part. Dip this in grease (hog's lard) The rush was held in a rush-holder, a block of timber at the botton with a stick stuck into it. On top of the stick was a pincers. The rush was held by means of this pincers. The light they gave was better than our candles.
- Paig O'Donohue of Kilbrew was the first pike-maker round this country.
- Sir John Dillon, who lived in Lismullen about 19.. when his place was set on fire. He made ropes of nettles flax and hemp. He grew the hemp. It grew as tall as the ceiling say about ten-feet high. It was grown in a real wet place, the wet bottoms. These ropes he made by means of a machine. Peter the Bee used to make hives of straw.
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- Collector
- Mary B. Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monktown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- James Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Occupation
- Farm-labourer
- Address
- Follistown, Co. Meath
