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    Hay Ropes
    In making ropes you first get hay, and then get the "twisters." Somebody has to keep twisting, and another man letting out the hay. Ropes are used for tying down the hay. You want two ropes for each cock of hay.
    material from Charles Wilson,
    Coromahon,
    Kilbracken,
    Co. Cavan.
    Ida Wilson.
    Coromahon,
    Kilbracken,
    Co. Cavan.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. rope-making (~133)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Wilson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coromahon House, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Ida Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coromahon House, Co. Cavan