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1. Furniture or Vessels Now out of Use

   

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   1. noggin - [?]sketch [?] madee of hard smooth wood, handle a continuation of one of the staves. 2 narrow iron hoops hold it together.
   Used for eating porridge &c. drinking.
   Not long since I had a woman who still owned one of these: Very rarely seen.

   2. "Coppin" wooden dish - made in various sizes, thick - all of a piece, large ones used for butter-making (many of the latter now to be seen on the farm-house dressers. Many small ones also in use yet for lifting meal &c. They were kept white (almost) by scrubbing.

   3. I saw "piggin" in my young days. They were made exactly like a noggin but much larger in size. The same kind of wooden vessel - minus a handle - was also known by that name. The "piggin" was used for holding water, milk, &c.

   4. Quern: Seen 20 or so years ago but was not then used for grinding corn but for "crushing" or "bruising" whins which were given to horses as a cure for "worms".
   A horse who got a dose of

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mrs A. Montgomery

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Corr, Co. Cavan