School: Na Frasa (roll number 16375)
- Location:
- Frosses, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Robhartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 164
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- (continued from previous page)little rolls. The cards are a sort of brushes with little iron prongs. When the wool is all in little rolls the woman begins to spin.
At first she gets the spinning wheel. There is a big pedal on the wheel. The woman sits at the wheel and she begins to spin. She spins the wool into large clews of yarn. She spins for a few days until she has several clews spun.
These clews are sent to the weaver. He weaves the wool into a web. Then the web is taken home. It is washed and thickened. It is left then to dry.
At that time tailors went about from house to house. These tailors made suits for all the men, and boys of the country.
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Roes, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Michael Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Roes, Co. Donegal
