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School: Tulach Ruacháin

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Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál de Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 618

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 618

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  1. Trades (continued)

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    it is made into rolls with a pair of cards and then it is spun into thread. The people make the thread into clothes.
    Tom Healy from Drimbane made brooms of heath and he tied the brooms with a string to keep the heath together and sold the brooms to the people of the town.
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    William Ward from Caramore made basket for carring some clothes to the market.
    Catherine Murray from Ballybane was spinning long ago with a big spinning wheel and he also was weaving but very few people weave in those late years.
    Michael Boyle from Carramon
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Cunnane
    Gender
    Male