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School: Baile an Leasa (roll number 15561)

Location:
Ballinlass, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Mhathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0037, Page 0261

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  1. The Making of Skibs and Baskets Long Ago

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    This is the way my mother told me that the skibs were made in Ireland long ago. They pulled the sally rods off the bushes and put them into a boiler and boiled them for a few minutes.
    Then they took them up and left them to get cool.They then peeled the skin off. A man came then and took them and wove them into baskets, hampers and skibs. They were used as clothes baskets also. The people used to use
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. basket-making (~471)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Knight
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballinlass, Co. Galway