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Basket weaving demonstration at Skibbereen Vintage Day in Co Cork. Alamy Stock Photo
Quiz
How much do you know about Irish crafts?
Kiln some time during craft month with our quiz.
IT’S HARD TO believe we’re in late August already.
But we are, and that can only mean one thing: Craft month is nearly over.
For the remainder of the month, the Design and Crafts Council Ireland and Craft Northern Ireland will continue celebrating all things relating to Irish crafts. Knot kidding.
We’ve put together a quiz to test your knowledge on Irish crafts.
The different stitiches used on Aran sweaters have different meanings. What does the honeycomb stitch represent?
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Infedility
Pain
Sweetness
Hard work
What is the name of the dark timber preserved in Irish peatlands that is often used by Irish sculptors?
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Bog oak
Peat trees
Wood from the bog
Peatland timber
Which of these British monarchs wore a claddagh ring?
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Queen Victoria
King William IV
Queen Anne
King Edward VIII
How long do Waterford Crystal artisans train for?
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16 years
4 years
8 years
5 years
What is the name of the traditional lightweight Irish boat originally covered with animal hides?
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Canoe
Kayak
Currach
Yacht
Irish lace makers used to claim that a piece of lace was only perfect if it could pass through ______ without snagging?
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A buttonhole
A wedding ring
A doorframe
The eye of a needle
How did weavers traditionally get the colourful flecks in Donegal tweed?
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They painted them on
They dyed wool with natural colour from blackberries, gorse, and lichen
They imported coloured thread from the US
They dyed sheep different colours before harvesting their wool
What is often hand-painted on Belleek pottery?
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A ladder
Sheep
A shamrock
Horses
Which cured animal skin was traditionally used to make a bodhrán?
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Cow
Sheep
Boar
Goat
When does the first physical evidence of woven baskets in Ireland date back to? Pictured is a trio of Irish basket-makers before a pile of their handiwork in the 1930s.
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Pre-2000 BCE
Around 2000 BCE
1900s
1700s
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You scored out of !
Ewe really know your stuff
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You scored out of !
Ewe are ahead of the flock
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You scored out of !
Ewe could do better
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