School: Westland (roll number 8428)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs E.J. Roberts
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 241
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- Thatching
Long ago, everybody about here had thatched roofs on their houses. These roofs were not made of straw as they are now-a-days but of rushes.
There were certain men in the district for thatching the houses.
First the rushes were mowed with a hook, and left for a few days to wither.
Then the rushes had to be pulled with the hand and made into little bundles and handed to the thatcher who would be standing on a ladder.
He used to make the bundles into stopples, and put them one by one with a stopple-fork into the roof, beginning at the eave and ending at the riggin.
He then combed the thatch with a little hand-rake.
When he was finished he put mortar on the riggin to keep the thatch from being blown away with the wind, and he cut the hanging rushes with a knife to make the house tidy-looking.Eel-fishing
Long ago, people had a great love for eel-fishing.
They used to go to a place in the river(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pearl Shekleton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maio, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mr C. Shekleton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Maio, Co. Meath
