School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 01_022
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- (continued from previous page)a needle and thatching cord. One man inserted the needle in the outside of the thatch and a man on the inside pulled it through secured the stitch to the timber and put it out again.
When re-coating a thatched roof, the straw is secured by means of scallops which are pointed sally or hazel rods. Two of these are used on each streak of straw. The ends overlap in the centre of the streak and are secured by means of a forked rod which is called a keeper. The straw laps over the scallops so that nothing appears on the surface of the roof but the smooth straw.
Dyeing. Some of the people in the district still dye homespun wool with a moss that grows on trees and rocks.
Rope -making. Súgan ropes are still made by all farmers for their hay cocks. Spanshal ropes(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
