School: Dún Mór (cailíní)
- Location:
- Dunmore, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín Halliday
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0037, Page 0059
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- (continued from previous page)taken out when dry and the seed was removed with a hackle. This was known as skutching. It was next carded into wide rolls, spun and made into hanks of yarn (on a flax wheel). It was taken to the weaver and woven into sheets, towels and table cloths. Some of the towels and sheets were very beautifully designed. The coarse sheets were called minéadach sheets. Rough bags were made out of the waste yarn.
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- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Ailledéa
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Dunmore, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Edward Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Carrownaseer South, Co. Galway
