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School: Achadh na Sealbhaighe (roll number 15344)

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Aghnashalvy, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0952, Page 051

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    ready for use. Should a number of ropes be required they can be quickly and cheaply made in this way without going to the trouble and expense of buying a hemp rope.
    Many people who grow flax keep a few streaks of flax which they use mostly to make strings. These strings they make by hand and are called flax strings and when properly made are very strong. They are used to tie bags of oats and when "bisums" were commonly used the strings were used to lap the heather sprigs which formed the shank of the bisum.
    Some of this flax was at
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryartry, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Thomas Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Address
    Derryartry, Co. Monaghan