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School: Gleann Doire (C.) (roll number 10404)

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Glenderry, Co. Kerry
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Cáit Bean Uí Gléathabhúir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417D, Page 03_021

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    own use. They left them grow tall and then picked them.
    There was a lot of superstition about this cliab making they should pick the rods when the moon was out, or if they did not they could not make the cliabs because the twigs would break.
    At first they boiled them so that they would be tough and would not break. They had strong thick twigs for the frame and thinner ones to be woven round these. When the twigs were woven about a foot high, the twigs were turned across and lighter twigs to be woven in between them.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Godley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromatoor, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Richard Godley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Dromatoor, Co. Kerry