School: Eiscear (roll number 1000)

Location:
Esker, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sinéad, Bean Uí Chonghalaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0003, Page 187

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  1. Candle-making soap-manufacture rope-making and barrel-making were old crafts carried on in the district and are now discontinued.
    Some crafts that are carried on still are, basket-making forge-work, spinning, thatching, wheel-making, nail-making and burning of lime in kilns.
    Candles were made by peeling rushes and dipping them in melted greese.
    Baskets were made by peeling sally-rods and boiling them to make them pliable, after that they were woven into wicker work.
    The clothes were dyed with hay and heather, the heather was boiled and then strained and the clothes were dyed in the water that remained, when the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pearl Clery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Esker, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs E. Jennings
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    64
    Address
    Esker, Co. Galway