School: Kilmore (roll number 13010)
- Location:
- Kilmore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eilís, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 308
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- Rope making is a local “craft” Hay ropes, as strong as hemp ropes, are made locally -
How to make a rope:- Get an armful of good long spray hay and shake it well. Get the twister and twist the hay into a rope.
A man and a little boy generally make the ropes, the boy twists the rope and the man let’s go the hay through his hands. The man gages the rope between between the thumb and first finger of the left hand. He supplies the hay to make the rope with his right hand. He never has a break in the rope and the rope must be of even thickness. When the rope is long enough he coils it up into a ball.
When roping a Rick he holds one end and throws the coil of rope over the Rick. The weight of the coil unrolls the rope. The man on the other side catches the other end. Each gages the rope into the correct place and fastens his end into hay pulled from the side of the Rick. In this way ropes are fastened(continues on next page)
- Collector
- B.T. Corristine
- Address
- Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Wynne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilnagarns Lower, Co. Leitrim
