Scoil: Lacken (B.), Cill Mhichíl (uimhir rolla 13826)

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1. Composition - Old Trades (ar lean)

   

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   it was completed. They used then made the handles These baskets were mostly used for bringing turf and potatoes.
   Long ago the people used make ropes from horses' hair and flax. They cut the long hair off the cows and the horses. They used twist the hair into ropes by means of a twisting bow. They used also make spansils in the same manner for fastening cows.
   They make leather from the hides of cows. They shake lime on the hides and bury them in the ground for about a month until the hair would have fallen off. They used tan the hides and make them into leather. They made leather lashes for whips.
   The spinning of flax was carried on in almost every house through-out the country and for this purpose flax was grown on almost every farm. The flax had first to be pulled by hand. Then it was tied in bundles or sheaves and then it had to be brought to a bog-hole and buried there.
   After a time it was taken out and dried then it was spread out in a clean field. Then it was tied up again and put in a dry place. After a time it was pounded with sticks called "tuirgins" The beating was to clear it of the hulls for it was

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