School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
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- Long ago a man lived in Garthy and his name was Russell. He used to kill sheep and make candles out of the fat. He made the wick of the candle from the wool of the sheep.
Tom Brian who lived Adamstown was a famous basket maker. He used to make the baskets out of sally rods. When he would be going to make a basket he would put a bundle of sally rods in a river and leave them in a bundle for a week or so that they would bend when he would take them out.
A man lived in Kippenduff named Bill Looram. The people of this district used to call him Bill the Nailer. He made all the nails that went in Middleton House. He also made the nails that went in the people's boots. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- M. Kelly
- Address
- Garhy, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- M. Kelly
- Address
- Garhy, Co. Westmeath