School: Coillte Críotáin
- Location:
- Erris, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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- A spinning wheel was a machine used long ago before the present mills were got up. The wool was taken from the sheep and carded into threads and spun into cloth and colowes.
- Collector
- Annie Shannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltycreaghtan, Co. Roscommon
- Thatching is carried on in the district. Most of the people are thatchers. They thatch with rods and straw or rods and rushes. They have a mallet to hammer down the rods and a knife to straighten the eve. They also use a ladder to reach the top of(continues on next page)
