School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)

Location:
Gortaleam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0218

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0218

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  1. They take a "slam" of hay and twist it .Then they put their thumb into it. They used to keep pulling out of the hay as they wanted it. Those ropes were made for cocks of hay. People also made them for thatching, but they made them a little thinner. When they wanted to make a rope called a "suzan". they made it twice as long. When they had it made, they doubled itin the middle and twisted one around the other. They did the same when making a straw rope.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. rope-making (~133)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agusta Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilnalappa, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Kilnalappa, Co. Galway