School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan

Location:
Rathangan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Pádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 066

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    came to the handle she twisted the straws, and bound them together with red tape, and sewed the tape with hemp. Mr. Peter Flood still has one of these baskets.
    One night, when Mrs Barrot was after coming from Mr. Keenan's Conlnstown, where she sold some baskets, her son noticed that she had become very weak. That night the old woman died.
    Mrs Heavy is about seventy-six years of age, and she remembers many incidents in the history of Rathangan.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary K. Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Heavy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 76
    Address
    Rathangan, Co. Kildare