Spinning and Weaving

Obtained from Mrs Regan
Ballymabilla
Cappatagle
Age - 74yrs
Occupation - Housewife
Collected by Mary Curley, Killagh School. Age - 15yrs
Written into this book on 17/12/37.About fifty years ago most of the people in my district had spinning wheels and they spun their own thread and weaved their own cloth. Nobody in the district has a spinning wheel now and the Industry has died away.
First the wool is shorn off the sheep's back. The wool is teased, that means the fibres are separated from each other and it is oiled. after this it is carded by means of two cards. The card consists of a square board and this board is covered with wire teeth. The wool is attached to one of the cards, the other card is drawn over the one on which the wool is. This is repeated until