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   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. Candles Candles were made from the

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   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