School: Bloomhill
- Location:
- Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Nic Annraoi
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 403
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- (continued from previous page)good for cleaning black material.Basket-Making
Nowadays very few local people are able to make baskets, but it was not so in times gone by. All kinds of baskets were made from sally-rods and golden osiers. One old man named Thomas Sauls, Kilgarvin made beautiful baskets and cleeves, he used also make ropes. Another kind of basket was known as a "crandy." This was a basket with a handle on either side and was generally used for bringing in turf.
This is how a basket was made:- Two rods were put standing up right for each corner, other rods were woven across until the basket was the required height then the bottom was made.
- Here is what the old people said about the best day for marrying.:-
Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for losses(continues on next page)
