School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)
- Location:
- Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 193
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- XML “Crafts - Leather-Making”
- XML “Crafts - Rope-Making”
- XML “Crafts - Dyeing”
- XML “Crafts - Basket-Making”
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- Long ago the people used to make leather from the hides of cows or such animals. They first put the hide into a pit or bog-hole of water and covered it with lime. The lime was to take off hair in the course of a few weeks. Then it was taken up and brought to a currier who dressed it and left it ready for use.
- In years gone by when the old people would need a rope they used to get a piece of clean bog deal - tease it up finely and twist it into a rope. The old people used this to put bottoms in beds where we now use wires.
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- Collector
- Mary E. Conboy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clooncarreen, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr J. Mc Garry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Clooncarreen, Co. Leitrim
- When a basket would be needed by the people long ago, they would first get black sally rods and a thick seasoned briar from which the basket was made.(continues on next page)
