School: Iubhrach (roll number 8074)
- Location:
- Úrach, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Cristíne Ní Shíoda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0189, Page 290
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- Long ago people had no ropes except what they made themselves.
First of all they had to cut the grass or [?] them shake it out to dry in a ruck to get the sun to make it firm.
Then they made a hook with a rod and one man let it pass slowly through his fingers while another twisted the rod and this formed it into a rope.
Ropes were made also for hay and for thatching their houses and it was with ropes that the thatch was held.
- Collector
- Lily Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Uinseannach, Co. Liatroma
