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School: Log na Daimhehe (roll number 13746)

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Lugnadeffa, Co. Sligo
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N. Ní Roibín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0176, Page 031

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    The people long ago had not all the machines for working that they have now.
    So they had to work harder, and they made a lot of things that people do not make now such as Creels.
    The way creels were made was to get a couple of bundles of sally rods. Then make a square two feet by one and a half on the clay then stick the sallies down in the ground not too near each other, about four inches apart.
    Then plat other rods through them until you
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Richard Sherlock
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stonehall or Carrownageeragh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Charles Allen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Cooney, Co. Sligo