School: Whitecastle (roll number 10231)
- Location:
- Whitecastle, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: George Mc Cahey
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- The sheep are reared on the mountain. People use sheep wool for spinning into yarn. Before the wool is fit for use, the people have to clean the wool. We then have to leave it out to dry. Some people dye the wool red or blue or black.
A spinning wheel is made with a table, and a wheel and a pedal. In olden times nearly everybody had a spinning wheel for spinning wool into yarn. Some people have an old spinning wheel in the house yet.- Collector
- Mary Gurney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drung, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Gurney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Drung, Co. Donegal