School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)In the morning the mould is heated and the tallow is hardened as a candle and comes out easily.
My father makes all the rains and car ropes at home for his own used on the farm. He makes them with binder twine and uses a hook and a turnip machine to twist it, and a block with one or two nails in it to put the twine on.
Dennis Treacy of New Road is a big farmer and makes iron(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Leathlobhair
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilree, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Lawlor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Kilree, Co. Kilkenny
