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1. Crafts - Dyeing (continued)

   

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   He put the garment out to dry on a line. When it was partly dry, he took it in and pressed it with a smoothing iron which he had for the purpose, and it was ready for wear. Bernard Smith used to live in Aughadreena. He died about six months ago.

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2. Crafts - Thatching

   

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   James Cullivan is the name of the thatcher in my district. The implements he uses are a rake, a mallet and a stoppler. When he is thatching he puts a ladder up to the house, and he brings a bundle of straw with him up on the house when he is going up. Then he takes a handful of straw, when it is after being pulled-this means that the blades of straw ly end to end.
   He makes a hole in the bottom of the thatch. Then he pushes the handful as far as it can go, with the "stoppler". He puts a row of these handfuls across

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