School: Elphin (B.) (roll number 1753)
- Location:
- Elphin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Cianáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0250, Page 360
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- (continued from previous page)colour and high it is a sign of good weather but if it is dark and cloudy and low it is a sign of bad weather.
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- Old Crafts
A lot of very useful things were made by the Irish people in their own houses about a hundred years ago. These things were creels. hampers. potato baskets hand baskets and flails.
Creels were very useful because there were no carts. This was how a creel was made. First some sally rods were stuck in the ground. They were strong rods. Next(continues on next page)
