School: Aghadachor (Aghador)

Location:
Aghadachor, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire T. Ní Bhréasláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1078, Page 33

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  1. The old people made candles out of rushes and fat, the melted fat of the animals. They made cords out of flax and rushes. They put it into the fat, then they rolled it till it was round shaped, and left them aside till it was cold.
    They make baskets out of rods, they cut the rods, peeled off the bark, left them for a month, and left them then they made the baskets.
    Heather and whins dye green, brackens dye yellow, crotal brown, and ivy blue. These were all used long ago.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creevagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Dan Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Creevagh, Co. Donegal
  2. Soap was made out of fat. Ploughs and gates were made out of wood long ago. The people roofed houses with hay and rushes. They were barrels and tubs out of wood of a tree and whips out of rods and leather. They fished with nets made out of bags and set traps for wild birds.
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