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School: Murher (C.) (roll number 13541)

Location:
Murher, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 251

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    Rope-Making
    In olden days a good deal of rope-making was carried on. It is still carried on in some parts of my district. The things necessary are a twister, hay and two men.
    One man holds the twister and twists the hay and the other man keeps letting the hay into the twister. The twisted hay is then used for “sugans” for chairs and ropes for winds of hay.
    Got from
    (65) Daniel Windle
    Leitrim,
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. rope-making (~133)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyvane South, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Daniel Windle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Leitrim East, Co. Kerry