School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)
- Location:
- Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 652
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- (continued from previous page)Note - With regard to the people from whom the matter contained in these pages has been obtained, with the exception of two (see pages 31 + 150) none of them could tell from whom he (or she) obtained it.
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was to make the thread finer. Next, it was spun with a spinning wheel into thread. The thread was made into hanks and bleached. It was bleached as follows:-
First, water was boiled in a pot. Weeds were burned into ashes which were pressed together and put into the pot. This would help to whiten the yarn. It was next spread on the field to bleach it further. Next, the thread was warped and after that it was woven by a weaver who lived in Killarney. The cloth was next spread out in the haggard to bleach it further. It was then fit to be made into a garment.
Very few local people knit socks. Those who do knit purchase the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eugene Moriarty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Moriarty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry
