When a whistle is being made a piece of alder stick about three inches long is needed. The centre is scooped out. Then a little hole is bored in the stick about half an inch from one end to let out the sound. A bit of a stick half an inch long and half the size of the hole in the alder is next stuck into the top of the alder. The bottom is stopped with some of the centre that is scooped out and then the whistle is ready for use.

I got a piece of a stick about one inch in diameter to make the skittles. I cut the stick in nine parts each part about one inch long. I made a ring about eighteen inches in diameter. I put eight pieces of the stick around the outside of the ring and I put one piece in the middle. Then I numbered each stick as showing in the drawing. Then I got three other pieces of sticks about two inches long and stood

I got a piece of elder about six inches long. Then I get a piece of wire. By means of the red hot wire I make a hole through the centre of the wood. Then I cut a hole about an inch down from one side. Then I cut a round piece of wood about an inch long. I cut that through the centre and put one half in the side that the hole is at

The Lug Inch is a field in the townsland of Drumderry. It is situated by the River Slaney. It is called the Lug Inch because there is a good fishing stand on the river in this place. It is called the "Lug Pool".

The nailer around this district was Peter Macanall who lived in Ballytrain. He had five or six nailrods and he put them into a fire. When the tops of them were red he took them out one by one and stuck them in a mold of lead. Then he beat the tops of them until there was a point on them. He made nails some one inch and a half and others three inch. He did the same until the were burned.

leather about an inch square and four pieces of string. He cuts into four lengths each one feet long and a half inch broad and then he make two holes in the piece of leather. Then he ties the tube to the forked stick and at the end of the two pieces of tube he ties the little pieces of leather. He puts a stone into the piece of leather and holds the forked in his right hand and pulls the tube with his left and then he lets the tube and the stone goes about 100 yards.

and the other varies from 18" to 19". Both can be split with wedges to 4" thick and to any length up to 18 or 20 feet.
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The Powder Bench. So called because Blasting Powder can be used very effectively on it. Lime is its most general use.
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The Fourteen Inch Bench. This Bench has very clean limestone and it is used for making the die-stones of tomb-stones
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The Ten-Inch Bench. In this stone are numerous specks of flint and thus it is not much used except for fencing and for making rough walls.
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The Three-Foot Bench. This has many uses and in some cases the stone easily divides in two.
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The Black Ten-Inch Bench. It is much used for building stone but cannot be relied upon as it has water veins which cause it to divide up into short lengths
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The Flinty Bench. Over the Black Ten-Inch Bench is a row called the Flinty Bench. The stone being solid flint is used generally for roads & for fencing
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The Eighteen-Inch Bench - Pure limestone & is used for all cut-stone purposes.
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The Window Benches are two rows of flags 4" & 5" in height. The top half of the 5" row is flint.27.
The Yalla (Yellow) Ten-Inch Bench. The stone in this bench has a yellowish cast. It is good clean limestone and cuts very nicely. Buildings & corner stones

Long ago before bastible's were invented, the people used to bake the cake's in a griddle. The griddle was made of iron it was two feet long and two feet broad and it was about 1/8 of an inch thick and it had one handle about five inch's long and three inch's high. When they used to bake a cake, they used to make it the size of the griddle. At that time it was mostly all turf fires the people used to have. Then they used to put a brand on the fire and they used to put the griddle on that, Then they used to put the cake on the griddle and cut it in four squares, because if they did'nt cut it they could'nt turn it.[Drawing of the griddle]

they termed it, of those who started returning. However, those that did return had only just time to pull their nets and boats safely on the shore when the storm broke. Those that had remained at sea, saw the man on horse back ride around all the boats. While doing this he kept his finger pointed in the direction of Inch Bay and Guileen. Then he galloped away, over the surface of the water. The men watched him until he disappeared from their view around the Old Head of Kinsale.Suddenly the wind increased and the great waves swept the decks. These burst the anchor ropes, tossed their boats hither and thither and at the same time driving them always towards the shore and finally smashing them to match-wood on the beach between Inch Bay and Guileen. One man was saved, he was washed ashore clinging on to one of the masts. The others were all drowned and their bodies were found later, amongst the wreckage of the boats. They were all buried in a field a few yards from Inch Bay. The field is called the "Lag."A few years ago when the field was tilled and ploughed, to more than the usual

There is an ancient cross in the Churchyard in Inch St. Laurence. It is made of timber. There is an ancient spire in Caherconlish graveyard. It is situated at the end of an old Church. There is a statue of Jesus Christ carved out in it. It is said that it was carved in the sixteenth century. One of the local landlord's family home have their burial place there. There is the figure of an English king carved there also. There are the ruins of old monuments in Boskill. It was there in memory of King William.
There is a Mass-Rock in Peter Marshall's field in Inch St. Laurence. It is along side the Church of Inch St. Laurence. There is a hollow in the centre of the rock which is supposed to be always full of water. The water is said to be a cure for warts. There is a stone near Caherconlish with the print of a man's foot on it.

Anthracite Coal.
Anthracite, obtained locally, is used as fuel throughout Slieveardagh and neighbouring distracts but culm, being cheaper per hundred-weight, is in more general use. Anthracite is known and spoken of as "stone Coal". There is no mine, properly so-called, in existence at present, but the coal is obtained by poor men, who search to old, underground workings and "poach" for "bassets" and bits of seams etc., which they bring to the surface and sell. These men even risk knocking out the old, wooden pit-props which they use for fuel.
An anthracite fire-grate is much the same in shape as that of an ordinary sea-coal one, except that it is usually somewhat wider and the iron of which it is made, is of a lighter [?scantling?], the round bars seldom being heavier than ¼inch and the frame about inch by half inch. There is a movable sieve arrangement with external ring-handle in the bottom for shaking up the fire and riddling it of its ashes. There has to be a good up-draught in the flue

There is a big statue outside Colmcille church. There are crosses and graves all through the graveyard. It is the statue of our Lord. It is a very big statue.
There is a stone on Inch Island, and it was said that St. Colmcille left the marks of his two knees on it.
There was a statue of St. Patrick and one of St Colmcille on Inch Island long ago, but they are not there now. There are very old crosses on some of the graves in the graveyard in Inch Island.

There are two catholics graveyards and one protestant in this parish. One of them is called Dunbeggan and the other is called Inch. Inch graveyard is very seldom used except for old people whose wish it is to be buried there.
There are churches in the three of them. The churchyard is mostly level. There are trees growing on Inch Island.
The churchyards contain tombs, flag-stones, crosses and monuments. The people do not know the dates on them. The local people do not know where unbaptised children were buried.

at this graveyard at the Grange.
There are four graveyards in Inch Island. There are two Catholic graveyards in Inch and there is one belonging to the Church in it, and at a place called the Grange convenient to Inch Battery there is a mixed graveyard.
Nearly all graveyards are convenient to churches or chapels. Every family have their own graves in these graveyards. All the people that are buried in these graveyards their names are written on a tombstone or something at the head of the graves. Some people cut out the name of the person on a stone.

Spades In an old forge in Ballina owned by by John ? spades and shovels of every description were made.
"Pratie-spades" were made out of a piece of iron about a foot and a half long and about six inches wide. The smith would cut down along the piece of iron about an inch in from the edge down to about six inches. Then he cut the iron across at the five inch mark and turn down the sixth inch and that formed a step. When that was done he put three holes an inch wide in rotation in the bar that was left. These were called pratie spades
"Step-spades" were made thus: a piece of iron about eighteen inches long and about six inches wide was procured. Then a cut was put in the two sides about six inches from the top. The two edges were then turned in, from the cut, up, and a block of wood was then wedged between the two bits that were turned in. These were called "step-spades"
Mr Thomas Doran of Ballinellard was the best spade and shovel maker to be gotWeaving Mr Henry Linnot of Ballina owned a mill for

Ruins in the school district
About two miles from our school towards Derry there is an old ruin called "Aileach Castle". There is only one wall standing by itself. It was built for the O'Doherty's in the 15th century.Inch Castle
Inch Castle is situated (and) at the edge of the water. It was built for the O'Doherty's also in the 15th century. There are little holes left on the walls where the soldiers used to shoot through. Neacthan O'Donnell was the builder of these castles.Story about Inch Castles
There were two brothers long ago named Donnell O'Donnell and Rory O'Donnell. They put Rory in prison in Inch Castle and Donnell allowed that the castle should be burned and he told one of

The churn we have at home is like a barrel. It is worked by twisting a handle, on which it is fastened by an eccentric axle. It is on a stand 29 inches high. The churn is 16 inches in height, and 44 inches in circumference at the mouth. There are three silver coloured hoops on it to prevent it from breaking. There is a small round hole about half an inch in diameter near the bottom of the churn through which the buttermilk is taken when a churning is made. This hole is closed by a wooden plug when a churning is in process. There is a round wooden lid for the churn. It is fastened to the churn with three silver coloured screws. There is a ventilator, and a round glass, one inch in diameter, on the top of the lid. When the churning is fully made, this glass is quite clear. The ventilator has to be pressed at intervals.

A SnareI get horse hair and I put about twenty ribs together and put a knot on the end. Then I open into two parts. Then I put two of my fingers in the ashes and twist one across the other. I keep doing that till the snare is finished.A SlingI get a bit of an old shoe and I cut it about an inch and a half long and an inch and a half long and an inch wide. Then I bore a hole in each end and I put a sling in each hole

Boys made tops from thread spools and from a piece of a stick such as an old handle of a spade or shovel. They cut a piece of the handle about two or three inches long. The piece of timber is about one and a half inches wide. They cut the timber with a knife until one end of it is about a quarter of an inch wide. Then they get a nail. They cut the head off the nail. Then it is reddened and it is driven in the top. The spike is left about a quarter of an inch out. That top is called a spinning top. There

There lived in Montiagh, Curry, Co Sligo once a man named Dominick Molloy. He had a dog and he was very fond of him. One day the gog strayed away from him and he went to look for him. He met a man on the road and he asked him if he saw a dog with a tail about an inch long or an inch and a half, or two inches. The man paused for a while and said that he did about an hour, or an hour and a half or two hours ago. Dominick searched for the dog but he never got him again. Dominick was very sorry after the little dog.