School: Killymarley (roll number 15398)
- Location:
- Coill Ó Mearlaigh, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chléirigh
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - How to make a creel : - you get a flat piece of wood an inch thick and about three feet by two feet, called a creel-set. You bore holes all round the edge of the creel-set leaving about four inches between each hole. Then you cut some sallow rods off a sallow tree. Take the rods and put one rod into each hole and let them stand up about three feet high because you have to turn them over to form the bottom. Weave the rods over and under these upright ones all round. Continue till you come within six inches of the top. Turn the remaining part of the upright rods in and fasten them to the crossed rods. This forms the bottom of the creel.Creels were much used in olden days. When the potatoes were being dug with(continues on next page)
