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School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)

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Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs. Flood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 203

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  1. Clothes Made Locally

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    A woman named "Mrs Burke" lives near me and she has a spinning wheel. She buys wool teases it cards it and spins it to make thread out of it. From the thread she makes Jerseys and stockings.
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    Long ago the boys used to wear smocks until they would be big.
    There is a woman in my village called Mrs. Coyne and she spins. This is the way she does it. She gets wool and she teases it. Then she cards it, then she
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Coyne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tonregee, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Coyne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62