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School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)

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Gortalough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
S. Ó Docraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 554

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  1. Local Crafts

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ivy Lillie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corradoo East, Co. Sligo

  2. Local Crafts

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    The only industry that is carried on where I live is basket (making) and creel making. The men go out to the garden and cut the rods. Then they put them on a loft or some safe place for a few months to season. Then they put a number of rods standing up out of the ground. After that, they put the other rods in and out through the rods in the ground until they have the creel long enough. Then they cross the rods so as to make a bottom in the creel and so finish it.
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