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School: Naomh Eoin, Béal Easa

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Foxford, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0125, Page 281

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    This is the way my Grandfather used to make a creel. They get a big tub and put it in the middle of the floor they dig a scraw i the bog about six inches thick and as big as they think the mouth of the creel needs to be. They leave the scraw on top of the tub and makes it firm allround so that their backs will not be too stooped. They have to put three rods standing up each of the four corner and tie them
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Ní Gallchobhair
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rinnananny, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Nóra Ní Gallchobhair
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rinnananny, Co. Mayo