Scoil: An Clochar, Gráig na Muilte Iarainn
- Suíomh:
- Woodford, Co. Galway
- Múinteoir: Sr. I. Breathnach
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Bailiúchán na Scol, Imleabhar 0050, Leathanach 0427
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- IndustriesSpinning, weaving, the tanning of leather, nail making & the smelting of metal were the chief industries carried on in this district in former times.There were two weavers in Woodford, John Sweeney on Bark Hill & Pat Touhy in Upper Forge. The spinning was done in the country houses & brought to those men to be converted into cloth. This was done by means of a hand weaving loom. First it was rolled round a beam, then put through the gears & afterwards through the reed. Then the thread for the weft was wound on quills. The quills were put into the the shuttle & cast from one hand to another across the cloth. At the same time he worked the gears with his feet & pressed the reed against the cloth.The tanning of leather was carried on in Toher Wood'. A stone vat was built & hides were put into it. In Summer the oak was stripped of its bark. The bark(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)
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- Woodford, Co. Galway
