School: Baile na nGarraidhthe (roll number 13618)
- Location:
- Ballygarries, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: T. Ó Tuairisc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 024
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- (continued from previous page)piece of a stick called a "sloidín." They take two more rods. They leave an eye on one of them. When it is tied to the "sloidín" of the other end of the basket. They then clasp own the "cliathóg" on the bottom of the basket. Next they take the "slóidín" in one hand and the eye that is made on the other end they take it in the other hand.They put the "slóidín" right through it. Then the bottom is complete. They pull the basket from the ground and cut off these ends of the rods within two inches of the top of the basket. They take two more rods to make two other "gads" and make "eiris" of it. They pull this on the side of the basket for hanging on the asals* back. Then it is complete. It is finished up and called a "loidín".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Hennelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornfield, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Hennelly
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Cornfield, Co. Mayo
