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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0976, Page 168

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    baskets and creels. He was also able to make mats with his hands. When he was making baskets and the creels he made the bottoms first. He used to cut the sally rods and weave the strong ones first. When he was making the mats he got handfuls of straw and peel them in and out amongst each other. Another man who could make these things was Edward Finnegan Pullabawn Cavan but these two men are dead now.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Hyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clarebane, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Dan Hyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clarebane, Co. Cavan