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School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 052

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    We have a spinning wheel. We make all the stockings and jerseys for ourselves.
    My mother gets the wool, and cards it with a pair of cards and makes the wool into a soft little roll. Then she starts working her foot on the little step of the wheel that brings round the wheel. There is a band around the wheel which extends out to the "perne" and brings it round. When the "perne" is full of thread she takes it off and twists it off into a ball of thread.
    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
    Margaret Lynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Lynn
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo