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School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)

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Glen, Co. Sligo
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Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 372

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  1. Old Crafts - Basket-Making

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    A basket is a very useful article in a house. There were two kinds of baskets a hand basket and a basket for carrying turf or potatoes. The turf basket is made of rods. At first the rod is bent into a round shape. Then there are ribs put in to it then fine rods are woven in and out. There are made from sally rods.
    The hand-basket are made from sally rods too, but they are peeled then they are white. There are different ways for making them. A man named Patrick McDonagh who lives in near Riverstown could make any shape of a basket he could make a fancy basket for going sopping a clothes basket and a basket for turf.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Brehony
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathmulpatrick, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Brehony
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Rathmulpatrick, Co. Sligo