School: Carrowreagh (roll number 16884)
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- Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Annie Davidson
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- XML “Large Stone Wheel Used in Olden Times for Rolling Flax”
- XML “Rolling Flax in Olden Times”
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- Long ago when the flax scutchers had no rollers to roll the flax the people that had flax had to keep a large round stone to bruise it themselves. The stone had a spindle through the centre of it or a big wooden log. Then the flax was laid in a round circle and a horse was yoked to the spindle and he had to draw it round.(continues on next page)