School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Giolla Críost
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- XML “Crafts - Candles”
- XML “Crafts - Weaving”
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- Collector
- Dan Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Owen Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullymagowan, Co. Cavan
- Long ago before the establishment of factories James Cassels used to weave thread into cloth. The wool, when shorn from the sheep, was spun into thread.
He cut the wool from the sheep with shears and he used to weave it with his hands. Every household had its spinning wheel(continues on next page)