School: An Carraigín (roll number 13836)

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1. Creel and Basket-Making (continued)

   

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   these. This formed the frame-work. Next a number of thin or light rods woven through these ribs until the whole was completed and looked like a net. When the potatoes were boiled the contents of the pot was turned out on the basket. The water ran through and the potatoes were quite dry and ready for use.

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2. Creel-Making

   

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   These were made from sally rods. First about 40 rods are stuck down into the ground and shaped into a square or oblong, and every pair of rods is put close together. Then the creel is started on the ground and worked up. First a bunion is formed at the very ground. This is done by placing fine rods together and working them in and out in a certain way until the upright rods are all kept in position. Then finer rods are woven closely in and out through the upright ones until a certain height is reached.
   Then another bunion is formed the same way as the first one. After this a space of about two feet is left all round. Then another row is put

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