School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)
- Location:
- Cooleen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Meachair
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- (continued from previous page)The rods he would stick down in the ground would be about ten feet long. The mouth of the hamper would be about two and a half feet by two feet in breadth. This he would taper up to the bottom so as to be about one foot two inches wide. When the bottom was finished he would turn up the parts stuck in the ground. Then he would turn them over and bind them tight by split scallops and he would put two long rods into it to form handles.
The baskets were simple to make. A long stick of blackthorn would do for the bough which was constructed for that purpose. It consisted of six long split sally rods tied temporary at each end with a piece of twine until the rods were woven in and out through the ribs. The projecting ends would form a strong bough. Alas, that fine art has long past away in Ireland. Only Galway and Mayo make them now. The hamper is for carrying turf and the basket is for picking potatoes.
The above was told to me by father, Michael Teefey, Coosáne, Birdhill, Limerick. Thomas Teefey, Coosáne, Birdhill, Limerick. 22nd February 1938.
54 yrs Railwayman
- Collector
- Thomas Teefey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coosane, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Michael Teefey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Railway worker
- Address
- Coosane, Co. Tipperary
