School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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- (continued from previous page)and put it on the thatch to keep if from been blown away by the wind. He kept on doing this until he finished thatching the house, then he dressed the edge of it with hedge clippers.
- Baskets are made from willow osiers or sallies, but before these can be made into the baskets, they must first be "seasoned", beside the fire or left in some place warm.
Hughie Smith's father used to make baskets and sell them, he used to make creels, and other things which are made out of sallies also.
He used to stick four willows in the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Wilfred Lowry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graddum, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Hughie Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graddum, Co. Cavan