School: Goirtín
- Location:
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- There was a spinning wheel in almost every house long ago. The woman of the house spun the wool and then sent it to the weaver to be weaved. All the clothing for a family was procured in this way. The women used to dye this wool sometimes.
Some of the women used to make beautiful patch-work quilts. - Long ago the people used to burn a heap of ash branches and wash the clothes with the ashes that remained.
- There was a place up in Brackloon in which they used to make pottery. They would mix the clay and make it into the right shape and leave it to dry.