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  1. Making a Rod Basket

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    Making a rod basket
    Basket making is an old Irish craft but, like many other Irish customs that craft is now nearly extinct. Very few of the present generation can make a basket but in this neighbourhood an occasional man still plies the trade, but not on a very extensive scale.
    To make the basket properly, the hoop, ribs, and rods should be procured some time previously. The hoop is generally made from a suitable but of holly or strong briar, which is tied in position, and left to season.
    Usually five ribs are used; these being made from
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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
    John Guihen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartron Beg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Guihen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Cartron Beg, Co. Roscommon