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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 07_015

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    Baskets
    long ago the people used to make "cliabhs".They used go to a soft place in a field and stick in the ground three rods a each end and five in length and four in breadth.
    Then they got another rod and put it inside and outside every second rod and kept at it this way until they to the top .Then they bent the rods that they stuck in the ground first to put a bottom in them .Then they pulled the basket up off the round
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Corry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Thomas Corry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare