School: Cill Moluda, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 9610)
- Location:
- Kilmaloda, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Laura Nugent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 230
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- People used timber ploughs drawn by bullocks.
They had no threshing engines they had to flail their corn
Every house had a settle in the kitchen which could be made into a bed by night.
People had to skim all their milk long ago + churn in a barrel by shaking up + down.
They had no clocks + used sun-dials for telling the time.
- When people sheared the sheep they took the wool to the river + washed it. When they had it dry they dyed it any colour they liked. People had their own spinning wheels + wove their own blankets + flannels.
The men wore flannel wrappers + the girls + women flannel petticoats. The suits were made of frieze.
