1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Manulla (Cailíní)

School: Manulla (Cailíní)

Location:
Manulla, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bairéad
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 395

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 395

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Manulla (Cailíní)
  2. XML Page 395
  3. XML “Spinning”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Spinning

    Share Share Post
    This is the way spinning is done in the district I live in.
    First of all they go out into the field and wash the sheep to take the grease out of the wool.
    Then they cut the wool off the sheep and pull it apart to make it loose for carding.
    They then put paraffin oil in the wool and card it with two cardes to make it into rowels for spinning.
    The spinning wheel and spindal are got and a band is put from the wheel to the spindal. As the wheel goes round it puts round the spindal where the wool is tied.
    When the spinning done the thread is fit to be put into gumpers, stockings,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barrackland, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barrackland, Co. Mayo