School: Monagear (roll number 16292)
- Location:
- Monagear, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Donnchadh Ó hÉanaigh
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- (continued from previous page)298Old Crafts (Continued)generally thatch their own houses. They thatch with straw and sprays.
First they get a bundle of straw and pull it twice
Then they put a knot on the end of it and put it into the old thatch with a thruster.
They put the sprays along the top of the house.
Whips are also made here out of cane stick and leather.
I know a man named John Murphy who makes baskets.
Before he starts to make a basket he has to get rushes and sallys. He has to peel the sallys and bend them. He puts a board in the bottom and nails the sallies to it, to keep them in their places.
Whips are made here out of fongs. The whipmaker gets four long fongs and plait them together. Then he gets(continues on next page)
