School: Doire na Cathrach, Dúnmaonmhuighe (roll number 13543)
- Location:
- Derrynacaheragh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0306, Page 045
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- (continued from previous page)pattern of his daughter's cap he took to Corlai instead of the recippt.
There are a few spinning wheels in the country side still. There are no shirts manufactured at home now-a-days, but this was not so in former times as they made some fine linen shirts. sheets, and table-cloths.
When the flax was pulled it was put into a pond for about a week. It was then taken out and dried and then all the women used to get together and pound it with what they called a tuairgín. This was done in the night and it was styled camp-night. They then hackled it with a hackle or sioscal after this it was tlúed with a tlú, it was then spun into thread with a flax wheel and it was then woven into grand linen-cloth.
- Collector
- Mary Teresa Hurley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrynacaheragh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Hurley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrynacaheragh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Hurley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Shiplough, Co. Cork
