Scoil: Baile Mac Rabhartaigh (uimhir rolla 3978)
- Suíomh:
- Ballymagrorty, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Múinteoir: Mícheál Ó Fiannaidhe
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- XML Leathanach 220
- XML “Nail-Making”
- XML “The Making of Lint”
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Ar an leathanach seo
- Tomas Cullins was a nail maker. He had a forge in cow market lane Ballintra. He gathered all the old scythes and took the backs of them and put them into the fire to heat and when they were heated he beat them out on the anvil. Nails were made in this way.
- The scutching of flax was carried on in three mills in the Ballintra district. Two of these ceased work fifty or fifty – five years ago and the last mill, at Moneymore, some fifteen or sixteen years ago. One of the first was at Augha – dullagh and a great many hands were employed including women.First the ground was ploughed and flax seed sown. Then it was harrowed with a harrow drawn by one or two horses, and rolled with a stone roller. Then it was left for a few months until it had grown up. When the time came to pull it a number of men and women were collected to pull it. It was placed in a large dam called a “lint steep.” It was covered with stones and sods to keep it under water. It was then left for a few weeks. When taken out of the water, it was spread on a field to dry and bleach. When dry it was tied up in sheaves. After some time it was built in stacks and during the winter was(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)
- Bailitheoir
- Maureen Mc Cormac
- Inscne
- Baineann
- Aois
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- Seoladh
- Baile an tSratha, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Faisnéiseoir
- Richard Walsh
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- Fireann
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- Seoladh
- Baile an tSratha, Co. Dhún na nGall