School: Lios Uí Chathasaigh, Inis (roll number 10321)
- Location:
- Liscasey, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Coileáin
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- First the ground is turned up. The seeds are bought and they are sown like oats. It grows about two feet high. It is pulled when ripe. It is made into sheaves. It is put into a boghole for six weeks and a sod put on it to keep it down. It is taken up and put into a dry place. It is pounded with tuairginí. The inner part is cloven into fine flax, with a cloving tongs. It is spun with a linen wheel and made into hanks. When it is woven it is of a brown colour but when it is was washed and bleached it is very white. It is woven into different patterns for sheet shirts, table cloths and towls.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John T Neylon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Liscasey, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Miss Joehanna Sexton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Liscasey, Co. Clare