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School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Margaret Devine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0074

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    Many home industries were carried on in this district long ago, but only a few survive now.
    Nearly every housewife owned her own spinning wheel and spun the wool which she afterwards knitted into socks for the members of the household. Every townland had its own weaver, who wove, on his loom, the cloth used for the men's suits and for the women's wear.
    Handy men were able to make all kinds of baskets from the ordinary turf basket to the cloth basket. For clothes baskets and hand baskets they peeled the rods and had them beautifully white and seasoned.
    To provide themselves with light they dipped peeled rushes into melted fat before candles became common.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Gildea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Brennan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Sligo