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School: Rath, Birr

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Rathmount, Co. Offaly
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Mrs. E. Dillon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0822, Page 115

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    Old Crafts. Rope-making.
    My father told me that his father was able to make ropes. He got some irons about half an inch thick cranked them and attached them together with wood; placed them in a wooden frame and left a handle in the centre with which to twist the twine into a rope.
    Those four cranks are used for twisting the cords. Then he put one crank at the other end for to twist the rope together and that is the way he made the ropes.
    Annie Hynes,
    Parkmore,
    Fivealley,
    Birr.
    Áine Ní h- Eidhin,
    An Páirc Mór,
    Dubhrois,
    Biorra.
    Tadg (N) Ó h- Eidhin
    An Páirc Mór,
    Dubhrois,
    Biorra.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. rope-making (~133)
        2. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Hynes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parkmore, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Tadg Ó h-Eidhin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Parkmore, Co. Offaly