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School: Áth Liag (roll number 15308)

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Athleague, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0264, Page 083

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0264, Page 083

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    spinning of flax was carried on, also, with a special flax wheel which was smaller than the woollen spinning-wheel With this wheel the finest linen yarn was made, and was also woven into sheets tablecloths towels etc. Before the spinning the flax had to go under several processes. (1) The flax had to grow in the fields. (2) pulled and sheaved (3) steeped in a bog-hole for six months. (4) taken up dried and scotched with which was called a scutching handle, (5) it was then fit for (scutching) spinning
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Fitzmaurice
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Fitzmaurice
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnasillagh, Co. Roscommon