School: Goirtín
- Location:
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0078, Page 223
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- (continued from previous page)little loss or expense.
- Long ago, an old woman (named Biddy Little) lived in Gurtnalun. She made candles out of rushes and lard. At the end of the week, she used to go around the village withe her basket of candles selling them.
- Collector
- Peg Cannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lenareagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Cannon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Lenareagh, Co. Galway
- The people made baskets of wicker or of sally rods. First they cut the rods and dried them, and wove them together to make the baskets.
Ploughs were made of timber.
Gates were made of timber.
Spades were made of iron.
All the clothes the people wore, were made by themselves out of wool. The people used to card and weave the wool. Then they made blankets and clothes of the wool.
Ropes were made of hemp and grass.
The people burnt all the lime they needed.
Every man used to thatch his own house with straw and scollops.(continues on next page)
