School: Clooncullaun (roll number 13163)
- Location:
- Clooncullaan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Liam Mac Leastair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0250, Page 243
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- A very common article in domestic use among our ancestors, and today in some parts of the country, was the cleeve or creel.
Among the rural population it was almost indispensable and was put to many different uses. It was very much used around farmers' houses for carrying turf. It was used very largely in bogs also for collecting turf to carts at the drawing home operation. The person who used a cleeve carried it on his back by the aid of two ropes attached to top and bottom of the cleeve. These ropes were called "erishes" and were frequently made from hard twisted hay or straw ropes - sugaens. Cleeves were made of various sizes according to their intended use. Those made for carrying light substances such as hay or turf were made very large and were commonly referred to as "pordogues".
Cleeves intended for carrying potatoes, mangolds or turnips were made(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John White
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Cregga, Co. Roscommon
