School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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- (continued from previous page)take two men to weave five square yards in a day at five pence per yard.
It takes them a whole day before they can start weaving, putting the threads all in their places.
My father told me that their were seventy-two weavers under one roof in Doory at one time. - Coopering is a trade that is now dying out.
Long ago the coopers were kept very busy making such things as, churns, tubs, cools, heelers, piggons, firkins, noggins and dishes.
A cool was used for a half firkin. A heelers was used as milk vessel. Piggons were used as household vessels. Noggins were used for eating porridge and drinking milk out of.
There is one cooper(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patrick Mulvey
- Gender
- Male