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School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)

Location:
Glentogher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 421

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  3. XML “Burning of Lime in Kilns”
  4. XML “Rope-Making”
  5. XML “Weaving”

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  2. Rope-Making

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    Rope Making
    When people build their stacks of hay they make ropes to tie them down for fear the hay would blow away.
    They get a battle of hay and shake it up evenly. Then one lets out the hay through his hands while another twists it into a fine rope with a twister or trahook shaped like the above.
    Then they put the rope straight over the top of the stack. Then if it is corn stacks the ropes are made of straw and are made in the same way as hay-ropes and are put on in the same way.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. rope-making (~133)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philip Hirrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenyollan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Brian Mac Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenyollan, Co. Donegal

  3. Weaving

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    Long ago weaving was carried on in this District, but the people who did it are dead.
    The wool is first spun into
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit