School: Radharc an Locha (roll number 13639)
- Location:
- Aghamore Near, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Eibhlís Ní Chaomhánaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0161, Page 370
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- Creels are made from sally rods and sometimes from hazel rods. Almost every man in this district knows how to make a creel, and they are very common because it is by means of creels that the turf is taken from the mountain.
To make a creel there are twelve groups of rods stuck in the ground with two rods in each group. The groups are placed a certain distance apart so as to form a square. [Each of those dots represent two rods.] Then there are other thin rods plaited in and out among the ones in the ground until the creel is about a foot and a half high. The tops of the rods which are stuck in the ground are plated over and back so as to form the bottom.
- Collector
- Paddy Mulvey
- Gender
- Male
