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1. Chimney-Making

   

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   "Chimney Making"
   25 - 5 - '38

   About forty years ago, when the people were (would be) making a chimney they used to make an open fireplace and put a beam across it. Then they used to build the chimney the height of the thatch with yellow clay and mud, then they used to weave the rest of it like a basket with sallys.

   Nellie O'Connell, Fethard St.
   Told by John Norton, Fethard St.

   

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2. Basket Cradles

   

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   "Basket Cradles" Basket cradles were used up to about twenty years ago. They were made from sallys like an ordinary basket with a canopy at one end. They were supposed to be very safe for children as they were only a couple of inches from the ground, just the depth of the two rockers which were placed one at each end. Eileen O'Brien, Compsey. Told by Miss Brady, Compsey Mills. (Aged 47 years, Mill-owner)

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen O' Brien

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Choimseanach, Co. Thiobraid Árann

   Informant

   Miss Brady

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   47

   Occupation

   Miller

   Address

   An Choimseanach, Co. Thiobraid Árann