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School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

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Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567D, Page 01_071

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    Basket making at that time was somewhat different to that at the present time. There were various kinds of baskets at that period.
    There were rush baskets and sally baskets. Sally baskets were made with sallies steeped in liquid for some time, and then split and bound with rushes.
    Nails
    Nails were cut by hand with flat iron according
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Slater
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary