School: Belcarra (C.)
- Location:
- Ballycarra, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mary T. Moran
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- (continued from previous page)the back door was opened, the mat was put inside the front door. Round mats were made for kneeling on when saying the Rosary, and using beside a bed. Mats were used for the beds too, and used under the tick of feathers. The ass had of course a mat to use when carrying creels.
Every man knew how to make goorogs, for the hens in which they laid.
First part was made round like a skib, and the edges were then turned up and platted until about a foot high, then a space was left for the hens to go in; and the whole thing was rounded off a the top. Then a noose was made so as to hang it up on a nail or on to the rafter. Thems the times, when the eggs were clane, I never saw eggs washed in me young dayswashed in me young days, "God be with them".- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Roslahan Upper, Co. Mayo