School: Mullach na Sídhe (C.) (roll number 15426)
- Location:
- Fairymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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- Máire Ní Ríagáin
- Gender
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- People in this locality used to make brushes, baskets, candles and blankets and cliabs for turf. Some people still make them.
They get horse hair for brushes, a wax end and the back of a brush. They bring the hair through the holes in the back of the brush and they sew it with the wax end. If it isn't strong enough they put glue on top of the hair. They(continues on next page)
