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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 216

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    Long ago, there was a great deal of craft-work in the country, basket-making, whip-making, gate-making and thatching.
    A basket was made by getting a bundle of hazel sticks and plaiting them around one another.
    A whip was made by getting a long stick and a long piece of leather thong, about three times the length of a "fung". It was tied on to the stick.
    Until lately, the blacksmiths always made gates. The person who wanted the gate made gave any old iron there was around the place, to the blacksmith.
    A man noted for thatching was Mick Ryan. He nearly always
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Metcalfe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballylion Upper, Co. Wicklow