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School: Donard (roll number 2100)

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Donard, Co. Wexford
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Bríghid, Bean Mic Cártaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 092

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 092

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    about three or four inches thick.
    Attached to the bar was a boring bit which was something like a brace. My father often saw the pump-boring carried on.
    Basket making was also carried on locally long ago.
    An old basket maker named Ned White lived in Poulpeasty. He was a blind man. He made large baskets used for potato picking and also small baskets called kishes into which potatoes were strained.
    He made the baskets from sallows. The industry is not carried on in this district now.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Carty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Patrick Carty
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wexford