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School: Naomh Eoin, Béal Easa (roll number 14176)

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Foxford, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0125, Page 184

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    Basket-making was one of the real old Irish trades. The old people around this district used to make baskets of rods long ago.
    They used to get eight strong rods for the ribs. They used to split four of them a few inches in the middle and drive the other four through the splits. Then they used to get two thin rods and weave them between the ribs and keep weaving with thin rods until half the bottom was made. then they would get four ribs half the length of the other ribs point them and put one in between each of the long ribs. They would continue weaving until the bottom was finished. Then they used to put in a rod at each side of every rib. They used to bend the rods up and tie them at the top in the shape of a bird cage. They used to weave along the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stoneparkbrogan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Robert Armstrong
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stoneparkbrogan, Co. Mayo