School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 099
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- Spinning was another craft. Spinning was done with a spinning wheel. Nearly every old woman had a spinning wheel. They were supplied with spinning thread. They spun the wool that came off the sheep, into yarn.
- Collector
- Rita Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Terence Burke
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo
- Marriages usually take place in this locality during Shrove. May is considered an unlucky month for marriages and people do not like getting married on Saturday. Matches are made in our district and the bride-to-be gets about £200 as a dowry. A good field of land containing about three acres used be given to her. The parties go for a drive in a motor car to some seaside place for example Strandhill, Rosses Point, or Bundoran. A wedding feast(continues on next page)
