School: Ferbane (Convent)
- Location:
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr Patrick
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- (continued from previous page)Endrim. Shake "roach" lime or freshly - burnt lime on the hide of the dead beast. Then put it into the water for a few days and the hair will fall off.
"Cishes" or "Crandies" are made at home, sallies are got and stuck down in the ground in a circle to the size of the cish required. Then other sallies are got and plaited round the standers, and so on until the cish is made. The tops of the standers are cut off when the cish is finished.
Hay - Rope - making. A rope is made by getting a twister and hay. Catch the twister in the hay and keep twisting and joining the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Katie Dunican
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Endrim, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr Pat Dunican
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Endrim, Co. Offaly