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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

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Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 127

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    Old Crafts
    There was no industry carried on in my district but there was basket making carried on in Rathbran. The man's name who made the baskets in that district was Richard Halligan of Rathbran. The baskets were called a pellock. There were no implements used at all. The baskets or pellocks were made with the hand. This old craft is not carried on in that district now. They
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mathew Halligan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    44
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath