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1. Spinning (continued)

   

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   hold the thread. They would have to keep the flax wet in order that it would spin. Then they would wind it hanks" for the weaver. Long ago they used to sow the flax in May, and used to pull it when the blossom fell off. They used bind it in sheaves and steep it in bog-water. Then they used bring it home and scutch it and hackle it and roll it up in small bundles ready for spinning. It has to be sown in a very deep piece of land.
   Collected by Belinda Melia from her uncle James O'Malley Leitrim age 65.

   

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2. Lines on the Closing of Carrowkeel Well

   

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   Lines on the closing of Carrowkeel Well. This well, to all I do appeal was once, great use, to Carrowkeel. Enclosed in, by its little bank 'Tis the purest water eer was drank. On Sundays when o'erpowered by heat I sought this well which was no cheat It woun't set me mad or make me blind Or make me leave my cash behind Or make me hideous to view

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Belinda Melia

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   James O' Malley

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65