School: Coillidh Críon (Killycreen) (roll number 8274)
- Location:
- Kilcreen, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 186
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- (continued from previous page)sod in place of the board to hold the rods. Sometimes the hand made baskets are sold at fairs and markets.
In boggy and soft lands where donkeys are used two wicket creels are hung over the donkey's back and used for carrying turf, manure, and sometimes fish. Black rods which grow wild are also used in the construction of these baskets but they do not fetch as high a price as sally-baskets.
- In olden times people used to make their own candles, as oil lamps or electricity was not in vogue in those days. They made the wax out of the white pith which grows inside the rushes.
They dipped the pith in melted tallow, and let it cool. They repeated this process until the candle was desired thickness. - Collector
- Margaret Durnion
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newmill, Co. Donegal
