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School: Meelick (roll number 14592)

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Meelick, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Gearóid Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 323

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    The crafts practiced locally in olden times were numerous but now they are rapidly disappearing. They were the principal means of livelihood of many people who had small holdings and in some cases no land. The chief crafts practiced were the making of cleeves and baskets and different kinds of wooden vessels and the weaving of clothes, mats and "súgán chairs". Candles were also made. Each landowner grew sallies on damp waste ground which supplied the cleeve maker with the necessary materials for his craft. The craft was carried on out in open air in autumn and winter in favourable weather. In wet or snowy weather cleeves and baskets were made indoors. A green sod of the required size was dug and brought in to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Coleman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonmullin, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Coleman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonmullin, Co. Roscommon