School: Gleann Locha (roll number 10100)

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1. Seancheirdeanna (continued)

   

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   thatcher for the houses, also for cocks of hay. Only in a very rare occassion you would see a coil of shop rope used. The thatcher This was one man's trade also formerly, the thatchers went + gathered fionán, brought + saved it. When it was saved the thatcher came along, shook on the thatch and tied it with the ropes already mentioned + highlined those up with a few scallops or spars made of good sally twigs. Then the thatcher was liable to get a half crown or perhaps three shillings for his days work.
   Basket Making
   First of all the basket maker went + dug a thick "scraw," brought it in + placed it in the centre of the kitchen floor. He stuck the scraws in it so as to be ready for the work of a long winters' night He then gets the twigs, begin to weave + keep on weaving until the lot of one hundred and twenty are finished. They

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   J. Mc Crohan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Derreensillagh, Co. Kerry