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School: Baile an Daingin (B) (roll number 1676)

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Ballindine, Co. Mayo
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Séamus P. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 729

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    The baskets were used to putting out the turf in the bog. The baskets were put on an ass's back attached to a straddle. The bottom of the basket is called the cliath og.
    The scibs were made with sally sticks. They would get some sally and turn the tops of them up and weave the bottom with sally sticks. They would weave the sides of them the same way. The scibs were used for bringing in turf, and for turninang the potatoes after being boiled into it to cool.
    The clothes baskets were made the same way as the scibs. The thin sally sticks were pealed and boiled. There was a handle on the clothes baskets. There was a great basket maker named John Martin Branraduff who is still living.
    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
    Sean Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Branraduff, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Branraduff, Co. Mayo