School: Clonaslee (C.) (roll number 16031)
- Location:
- Clonaslee, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0824, Page 181
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- In my Greatgrand mother's time people grew their own flax, steeped it in a bog-hole. Then they brought it to the weavers to have it spun into linen.They also saved their own wool and got it spun by a man, who lived near Cadamstown, seven miles from Clonaslee, on the borders of Offaly.The wool of one sheep was sufficient to make cloth for a suit of clothes.Besides making plain cloth, he would weave in waves and diamonds.Some years ago there lived a man at Gorrough named Simon Meehan, not far from the village of Clonaslee, who used to weave cloth. All the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Theresa Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenkeen Lower, Co. Laois
