School: Beacán (C.)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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- In this district in former days the people had numerous little industries all done nearly by hand. There was candle-making, soap-manufactures, basket-making, manufactures of spades, gates, ploughs, fire cranes, spinning, weaving, dyeing, thatching, rope-making, wheel-making, whip-making and the burning of lime. Some of these little industries are still in existence.
Candles were made in every house, out of rushes, and also out of bog-dale. The rushes were pulled in bunches from the roots,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brigid Higgins
- Gender
- Female