School: St. Brigid's, Newbliss (roll number 4192)

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   There used to be men living in this district who could make baskets out of rods, but this craft has cased. In older times, candles were made out of the dried insides of rushes plaited and dipped in some oil. Flax was prepared for markets at home by being dried and afterwards 'beetled' or broken with a wooden mullet on a stone and stretched with a wooden blade by women. During the operation, the flax was held on a wooden standard called a "Stalb"(?).

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maggie Mc Cabe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lismagonway, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Tom Brady

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Rakean, Co. Monaghan