School: Árd-chill
- Location:
- Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 178
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- My great grand uncle Pat Galligan Drumkilly once had a fine horse of which he was very fond. One day the horses side got torn: Something sharp made a long rip in it. There were no veterinary Surgeons in Cavan at the time. So the horses side was stitched with sally twigs. The wound healed after a while. Later the sally twigs budded and through time a big sally bush was growing on the horses side.
Some resourceful person thought of plaiting a creel from the sally branches. The creel was made and Pat used to bring turf from the bog and do other jobs with the creel that never came off.
- Collector
- James Joseph Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumnalaragh, Co. Cavan
