1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

Location:
Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chearbhaill
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 172

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 172

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)
  2. XML Page 172
  3. XML “Old Crafts”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Old Crafts (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    because tea was little known in the locality at that time.
    The next process was drawing it through the hackle to make it still finer and purer. Next some four or five of the family went to the local sea rocks or flags and cut seaweed, spread it out to dry then burned it on a fire from which was got kelp which was used after in boiling the thread after being spun in the linen wheel by the house-keeper. All the long winter nights and before day in the morning the kelp was put in to the boiling
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy O' Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Causeway, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    James O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Causeway, Co. Kerry