School: Clochar
- Location:
- Clogher, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Gealbháin
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In most houses in this district there is a Spinning Wheel and cards for Carding wools and until quite recently you could see balls of home spun thread often as big as footballs hanging on the kitchen walls; some "single" thread others "double" waiting for the knitting needles.
It is not many years ago since every child - boy and girl - in this school was clad in stockings and jerseys made from the wool that grew on his father's sheep, which was carded and spun by his mother and knit into garments by his sisters. It took a great deal of example and "preaching" to accomplish this, but it was effected.
Of late there has been - I am sorry to say - a great falling off in this direction - and few of the children are so dressed now. Even most of the socks are bought in the shops - and on discussing the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Micheál Ó Gealbháin
- Gender
- Male
