School: Lanesboro
- Location:
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Teacher: E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 308
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“There was a few hedge-schools in our district.”
(continued from previous page)The teachers name was Mr Pat Moran Kenagh There were no blackboard only a big slate
Jeanette Ryan Lanesboro Co Longford
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“They made their own baskets and creels with sally-rods.”
The following account of Old Crafts was told by
Mr Tom Mullooly
Fermoy
Lanesboro
Co Longford
27 - 10 -38
They made their own baskets and creels with sally-nods They made cnadle with rushes and dripped them in tallow They made iron gates in the forge and fine cranes. They, spun all their own wools knitted and dyed it. They used to make their nopes out of straw and hay They used to make churns and barrels They used to make wheels in a carpenters hop They used to make pots made of clay They used to burn lime in oil(continues on next page) - Collector
- Betty Gibbons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonfore, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Tom Mullooly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford