School: Cnoc an Teampoill (C.), Ráth Luirc

Location:
Freemount, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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  1. OLD CRAFTS
    Some years ago there lived at Brosnahan’s Cross a weaver named Ben Brosnahan and his son Johnny. All the weaving was done by them with two looms. They turned out all kinds of woollen stuffs such as blankets, freize and cloth coarse and fine. The wool was carried by the farmers’ wives to Coolbane Mills where it was cleaned and put through the carding mill and saturated with oil. It was then brought home and spun into thread with the woollen spinning wheel. It was woven into cloth by the weavers, again taken to Coolbane and passed through the tucking mill for the purpose of shrinking the cloth. It was then ready to be made into clothes.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hannah O' Donoghue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybahallagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Denis Mullane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballybahallagh, Co. Cork