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School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan

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Rathangan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Pádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 098

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    My great grandmother, Katherine Thorpe used to spin wool. She would clean, tease, and card it and make it into rolls. She used attack it to the spindle and turn it with her fingers. The thread used to come back to her and she used to wind it into balls. Then she knitted socks with the white undyed wool.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Thorpe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathangan, Co. Kildare