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School: Ballinacree (C.) (roll number 13966)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
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Eibhlín Bean Uí Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 284

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    Basketmaking
    Told by William Smyth
    Gnieve, Mountnugent, Co. Cavan
    There was once a man named Michael Clarke. He lived in Garrysallagh in Co. Cavan and he used to make baskets and creels.
    First he would cut a number of sally or hazel rods and leave them to sazen and for clothes baskets or the like he would boil them and then peel them so as they would be nice and white.
    When he would commence to lay down a creel he would stick eighteen selected rods in the ground and eighteen others for the hoop which he used to weave double in order to strengthen it. He weaved it up to a certain height and then weaved in a very strong bottom to it.
    Ide Ní Ghobhann
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Íde Ní Ghobhann
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    William Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gneeve, Co. Cavan