School: Sgoil Naoimh Conaill, Na Gleanntaí (roll number 15467)
- Location:
- Glenties, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cathal Mac Duibhir
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- (continued from previous page)and the material they wanted to colour and when they take it out the colour of the cloth is black.
The people long made their own ropes from fir sticks. They would make an incision on the stick and pull it. This carried on and it eventually happened the person had a thin sticks. They twisted them together and they tied the thatch on the roofs with them.- Collector
- Peadar Mac Giolla Dé
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumnasillagh, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mary Gildea
- Gender
- Female