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School: The Downs (roll number 8875)

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The Downs, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Molloy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 099

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  1. Basket-Making Long Ago

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    Long ago they used to make baskets of rushes and sallies.
    First they used to skin them and leave them seasoning for a few days.
    Then they used to cut them and boil them and weave them into baskets.
    There were several kinds of baskets "namely" butter baskets and egg baskets, turf baskets and potato baskets and clothes baskets and several other kind of baskets.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female