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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0699, Page 276

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  1. Old Crafts - Basket-Weaving

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    Sally rods are gathered first. Then one of them is shaped round in a circle for the top and another for the bottom. Then a number of rods are joined to the top circle and stretched down to the bottom one. In order to strengthen them others are crossed over the ones that are lying lengthways. Then the basket is completed.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Smyth
    Address
    Galboystown, Co. Meath

  2. Old Crafts - Rush Candles

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    The rushes are got by the side of a river or bog. Then the green skin is peeled off and the remaining part dried well. The fat is melted down in the grisset (vessel shaped like a boat. It stands on three legs) It is hung
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