School: Coore (Cora), Mullach (roll number 10191)
- Location:
- Coor West, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Midheach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 410
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- (continued from previous page)of the basket, and carried on this process until the height he desired was obtained. Then came the construction of the bottom portion of the basket. This was constructed by turning the uprights or ribs across from both sides, and weaving them with other rods. The basket was the measure adopted in many places as the standard before the introduction of the 'lever' into the towns and villages. Even at the present time we have the 4 st '' basket, 8 st '' basket, 10 stone '' basket, and the largest the 12 stone basket. So the ciseán in olden days was the standard measure especially for weighing potatoes, turnips and mangolds. It was a most useful article to the farmers and the cottiers, and even the businessman in the town. Where early potatoes are grown they are as a rule carried to the market in baskets. Their size and quality can be more easily seen by the purchasers. They are another(continues on next page)
