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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 120

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    In my district in olden times there were many more industries carried on than now, such as buttermaking, spinning, basket-making, candle-making, thatching, and soap-manufacture.
    Of all the above crafts, spinning is the one I know best because, although not now carried on here, it was carried on in nearly every home in this district about fifty years ago.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Denis Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry