School: Cora Finne (C.) (roll number 12908)

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Cora Finne, Co. an Chláir
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  3. XML “Old Trades - Making Baskets”
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  5. XML “Old Trades - Burning Lime”

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    make a pair in a day. A grass sod about two feet square was used for a support for the first rods four in number. The other rods were twisted into position until the basket was made. Calf baskets and scuttles for straining potatoes were also made by basket makers. There are a good number of basket makers in Clare today.
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    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
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    Language
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    John Beakey
    Gender
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    Age
    40
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    Liscullaun, Co. an Chláir
  3. Burning lime was very common in Ireland sixty or seventy years ago and every farmer had his own kiln. Their old lime kilns can be seen in several districts, but they are no longer in use. At that time every piece of arable land was tilled and the lime was used principally for agricultural purposes. Burning lime was very simple. Lime stone rocks broken small and
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