School: Baile an Daingin (B) (roll number 1676)
- Location:
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus P. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 726
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- (continued from previous page)to work it with his foot. He used to cut the timber with the machine. The first dish used to be big. Then the rest used to be getting smaller as he was making them. He used to make the dishes out of beech.
He used to make many dishes each day on a lead. He used to cut the timber into small blocks. When he had them made he used to twist it. It us used to go around the dish. It used to make the dishes smooth.
He used to go always to the big towns in a donkey and cart with the dishes sometimes he used to go to Galway and Tuam.
He used to sell all the dishes sometimes. He had a certain price on each dish. The first dishes he used to make used to be on the top of the bag. He used to put all the dishes he used to make during the week into bags.
There are no dishes making now. The man that used to make the dishes is dead now. The people have some of the dishes yet.
- Collector
- James Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Edward Kilkenny
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Cloonmore, Co. Mayo
