School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)
- Location:
- Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0722, Page 016
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- SPINNINGMiss Briody, Fore, Castlepollard, spins sheep wool.
She is spinning yet.Mrs Flood, Ballyhist, Kells, also spins wool into yarn.
Mrs. Maguire, Glenidan spins sheep wool on her spinning wheel.
CHURN MAKINGMrs Lynch, Clonmellon, employs men to make churns. Joe Lynch, Ankerland, Castlepollard makes churns and tubs and wooden pails. He sells them in the towns of Oldcastle, Castlepollard and Mullingar. He makes them out of oak wood.
BASKET MAKINGPatk. Hannon, Cummerstown, Collinstown weaves baskets out of sally rods. John Coleman of Cooleighter, Drumcree also makes baskets.
THATCHERSEdward Reilly of Mabestown, Delvin is a good thatcher.
FISHERSJames Lawe (?) and Henry Reilly of Drumcree are good fishers. They fish in Lough Deel with a net for perch.
Mrs Brown of Drumcree was a good laundress.
RUSH CANDLESThe people in this district used to make rush candles long ago. They pulled rushes, took the skin off them, tied them in the eves (?) and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- K. Molloy
- Gender
- Unknown
- Informant
- Matt Nolan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
