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School: Sraithíní (roll number 17145)

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Sraheens, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ní Dhuinnshleibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121B, Page 01_050

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    called a caísín, and others were without and were not called a basket but a "sgib".
    The potatoes baskets and sgibs are still used in the district.
    3. Spades.
    Twenty or thirty years ago there were no ploughs in the district and every man dug his own land with a blacksmiths laige.
    4. Ropes.
    First they thresh the rushes and then left them to season and after twisted them into ropes.
    5. Dye.
    The people used to make brown dye by boiling moss, and purple by boiling the flowers of the heather in Summer.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Mc Nicholas
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowntleva, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Portagh, Co. Mayo