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School: Empor (roll number 941)

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Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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    them in an out through the bottom.
    Then he would put a rope in the side of the cliabh to carry it and it called "evrvs".
    There is only a few cliabh maker's in Empor. Cliabh were very common long ago, because the people used to bring home their turf with them.
    There are two kinds of cliabh namely a turf cliabh and a potatoes cliabh the turf cliabh is twice as big as the potatoes cliabh.
    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
    Michael Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Mulvaney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath