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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 148

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    James Shivnan, Crossna.
    9. Hubert East used to grind the corn for the people of long ago.
    10. Michael Laing, Cleragh made baskets and creels.
    11. Mr. Cavnagh, Derryherk, was a great fircin maker. One day he was making a fircin in Rockingham. Lord Lorcan told the English men that he was the best fircin maker that ever he had working for him. The English man said that both of them would make a fircin each. When they were made they threw them from the top of Rockingham house. The English man's fircin was broken into a hundred bits, but Cavnagh's hit against the ground but remained unbroken. Thus Cavnagh proved himself to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Leyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Leyland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon