School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 336

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 336

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  1. Most of the people around the district have spinning wheels. They always spin their own thread on them. First of all they oil the wool. Then they card it. When it carded they spin it. Some spinning wheels are small others are big. You work each of them in a different way. The small one is worked like a foot machine. You have to keep the of the big one spinning by hand. It is not right to spin after twelve o clock at night.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Folktales index
    AT0501*: “The Fairy Hill is on Fire!”
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Veronica Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killacorraun, Co. Mayo