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School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 202

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    with the smoothing-iron. It is usually called the "goose".
    The thread in the olden times was spun locally but the people nowadays do not have to go to the trouble to spin it because it is spun in the factories. I know a boy whose name is Timmy Quilter and his mother has a spinning-wheel at home. She used to spin the thread on it about fourteen years ago but now it is out of use.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Peter Cotter
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Lixnaw, Co. Kerry