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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 217

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    She then cleaner them with a cleaner or shaver, which was shaped like a cow's horn, and could not be made in Ireland. This removed all the green skin from the rods.
    She next tied up all the rods for making the fancy baskets into bundles of thirty, and put them into a pot of boiling magenta to colour them. When they were sufficiently coloured they were taken out, and stuck down into a basket board for standers. The rods were well worked evenly and firmly around that until the basket was complete.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Brogan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Carr
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford