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School: Cill Choinnigh (roll number 13563)

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Kilkenny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Giolla Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1053, Page 240

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    Rope-making
    Long ago all ropes were made of hay or straw.
    One man sat on a chair with a bundle of hay beside him and as he let the ropes another man twisted them with a trahook.
    They were then roaled up in a large ball and left till harvest time.
    Winnie Boyce
    Mr. Joseph Graham
    Mulnamina,
    Glanties.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. rope-making (~133)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Boyce
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Joseph Graham
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mulnamin Beg, Co. Donegal