School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)
- Location:
- Cill na Sí agus Achadh an Chaorthainn, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 106
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- (continued from previous page)the other and the basket was made. A small basket was called a "scib". Long ago there lived an old man in Ballydrum who used to make hats. First he used to scutch the flax with a scutching staff and then he used to spin and weave it and make the hats and when the hats were made he used to carry them in a "pardóg" to Mohill and sell them there.
- Basket Making. A man named Michael Farrell used to make all the baskets for the people around. He used to make them out of sally rods. He used to boil(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Madeline Frances Lee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Béal Átha Cláir, Co. an Longfoirt
- Informant
- John Wilson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Béal Átha Cláir, Co. an Longfoirt
