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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Inistíomáin (roll number 16678)

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Ennistimon, Co. Clare
Teacher:
S. Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0621, Page 173

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    Long ago people used used to make baskets out of hazel rods. They used to stick the rods on the ground and plat more around them and a bottom.
    They used make candles out of goats tallow by melting and pouring a mould and leave it there until it is hard.
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    There were many candlemakers in Ennistymon about sixty years ago. The candles were made from goats and sheeps tallow
    The country people were great for making baskets, some women made three baskets per day.
    The weavers of Ennistymon are nearly all dead. One of the however still lives. he is Denis O'Brien. The weavers
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Noel Ó Ceallaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Seosamh Mac Conolghe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ennistimon, Co. Clare