School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)
- Location:
- Lowertown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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- Basket making isnt done hardly now atall. The first thing they do is to stand four twigs on the ground. Then they got three rods, and wind them around those four twigs. They call that part of the basket the buinne.
Then they get eighteen twigs, and wind them in three's around the four rods until it is made, and they call that window making of the basket. Before they finish it off, they get three thick twigs to put around the top of it and they call that the buinne too. The one that made these baskets most in this district(continues on next page)