School: Barradubh (Sixmilebridge)
- Location:
- Barraduff, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dómhnall Ua Donnchadha
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- (continued from previous page)in any season. He can put the frame on a table and work away until he reaches the second buinne and then put it on two chairs and finish it up with the frame on the floor.
There were two handles (iompars as they are called) to the basket. They were made of straw súgán or strips of a bag. If made of súgán they were put in single below the second buinne around a rib and twisted into a doubled rope.
If the iompars were made out of a bag each strip was inserted below the second buinne, drawn up inside and a rib was put through a hole in the end of the iompar. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Dómhnall Ua Donnchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir