School: Ballyneal (Kilmurry)
- Location:
- Ballyneill, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Manning Joseph
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0566, Page 103
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- (continued from previous page)butter-baskets were rectangular in shape, round at the corners with an arched handle in them.
The sgiathac was shaped round with two small handles in it, one on each side. It was used for various purposes. Some people used it for washing potatoes. The sghiathac was filled with potatoes and then brought to a stream and kept stirred with a crusheen until they would be perfectly clean. A crusheen was made of a piece of timber with a long handle in it. A sgiathac was to be found in nearly every farmer's home long ago but they are very rare nowadays.
They were made in Carrick-on-Suir and the prices(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Corbett
- Gender
- Female
