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School: St. Michael's Clooncunny (roll number 14589)

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Clooncunny, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Úna, Bean Uí Stondúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0188, Page 118

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  1. Old Crafts - Spinning, Weaving and Dyeing

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    Old Crafts.
    Spinning Weaving + dyeing
    Flax was grown extensively in these districts some 60 years ago. There were scutching camps held + a dance for the carders + skutchers. The thread was spun + then the weaver wove the cloth. There were two weavers in the area - the Parish of Monasteradon The cloth was bleached until it was white as snow - it was said that water in which the manure of sheep was dissolved made the best black wash -. There was a man who cam - the wheel a crha with the wheel a crach" who did some very special teasing. Possibly the name was in creadioir - shortened to craha - the teazer. The flax had not been teazed fine enough by the blades of timber - shaped something like an oar blade and this man
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Clooncunny, Co. Sligo