School: Naomh Muire, Ballyhean (roll number 13444)
- Location:
- Ballyhean, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Ó Duibhir
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- (continued from previous page)so teeth sticking up and they'd drop it through this and take the broken stuff-tow-out of it. Then they'd spin it.
They used to bring the linen thread to Wm Berry of Errew or to Jennings, the weaver, in Gort Bán. Some used to sell it in Castlebar. There is a street in Castlebar called to this day Linen Hall Street.
- Collector
- W. Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhean, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Tom Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Derrygarve East, Co. Mayo
