School: Cor Bealaigh
- Location:
- Corbally, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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- 23rd November 1938
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Spinning
Long ago as soon as the sheep were shorn the wool was packed up in bags until there was spare time for spinning. It was generally old women that used to spin. Spinning was carried on in this district long ago by an old person. The first thing that used to be done before the spinning would start was to mix some paraffin oil through the wool. Then two fairly large boards were procured with two fairly large handles on them, and they were covered with iron teeth. Those were called cards. The wool was then put into the cards and made into small rolls. Sometimes all white wool was used, sometimes a mixture of grey, and even coloured strips were added, or a tiny little bit of coloured wool to form a nap. Then the wool was ready for the spinning-wheel. The rolls were drawn and twisted by(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Madge Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Sligo
