School: Liathdruim
- Location:
- Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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- Long ago basket making and "cleeve"-making were very common. They used to cut long willow rods and peel off the bark of them. Then they used to stick four of them in a square in the ground and then weave other rods in it. They used to take it up then and put the bottom in it. These were called cleeves. There is a man named Micke Mullen in the mountain who still makes them.
- Spinning in the past was very common. For spinning linen thread a very small wheel with four feet was erected. Then they used to sit on a chair and let in the flax with their hands and work it with their feet. Then they would go to the wood for a small branch which they called a "rock" and roll the flax on it. Carpenters used to make "reels", to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna M. Rabbitte
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Callanan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Kylebrack, Co. Galway