School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)were made long ago of rushes for curinasks and side-lamp for animals. The making of theses ropes has been described by one of the pupils.
Pottery work. The peoples had moulds for making crocks. These they lined with red doab and baked until the doab became hard.
Lime burning. I find that forty years ago every farmer in this district burned his own lime. This industry has now entirely died out here. There is only one lime kiln in use near Balla. As the lime-burning has been described by many pupils I shall not repeat. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo