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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 185

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    Up to seventeen years ago spinning was carried on in my house. First of all wool was got from the sheep and it was teased and combed and washed then it was sprinkled with olive oil and carded. It was then put into spinning rolls and put on the spinning wheel and spun into thick (coarse) thread, It was then put on a smaller wheel on the same spinning wheel and spun into finer thread.
    There was two wheels on the same spinner a big one for the thick thread and a smaller one for the finer thread. When it was spun into the fine thread the people knitted jumpers, caps, and small blankets for
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Devery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Noggusduff, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr M. Devery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Noggusduff, Co. Offaly