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School: Ardfinnan (B.), Cahir (roll number 16077)

Location:
Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
W. J. Nugent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 178

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  2. Clothes Made Locally

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    Cloth was made near Ballylooby by a man named Terry O' Brien. People used bring the thread to him and he used to weave it into cloth. The people used card the wool and spin it into thread at home.
    There was a spinning wheel in nearly every house in Ireland long ago.
    People used knit stockings from the thread.
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  3. A Story of the Holy Family

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    When the holy family were travelling through Egypt they went into a few houses for food and the people not having anything refused them.
    At last they came to a house, and the woman had nothing to give them but a piece of flannel to wrap around Our Lord, she gave it to them, and after they going she
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Whyte
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    53
    Address
    Rochestown, Co. Tipperary