School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)
- Location:
- Ballineen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Beircheart Seártan
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“The hurley ball they used long ago was made around a piece of whale-bone, which they coiled into a round hollow shape.”
The hurley ball they used long ago was made around a piece of whale-bone, which they coiled into a round hollow shape. They wound flax thread around this. They use to "trighel" it - winding the thread regularly to form a regular ball, and in such a way that it wouldn't unravel. When it was big enough they covered it with leather.
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