School: Ballyjamesduff Convent
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sr. Mary Theresa
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- Long ago in the days of my great grand - mother the women used to spin wool into what they would call "Yarn" by means of a spinning - wheel which would be placed on a low stool. The wheel would be worked with the foot. The yarn would come off the wheel and wind round what they called, a "hach", it would be wound off this into large balls, and sent to the weaver to be woven into blankets and other home - made garments. When the blankets were woven, they were coarse and hard, but the people had a means of raising a wollen nap on it. They boiled large pots of water and put a large amount of soap on it, and placed the woven blankets in a large(continues on next page)
