School: An Lios Rua, Cill Mháille (roll number 9339)
- Location:
- Lisroe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Chonalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0608, Page 177
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flax over it.The coarse part always remained on the hackle,but that which was finer came of.The coarse part or tow as they called it was used as canvas.Then they spun it with linen wheels and mde it up into small tidy balls.Then it was warped by means of a warping tree afterwards brought to the weaver to be woven into large pieces.Canvas was made from the coarse cloth .but from the finer part of it they made the finest table- clothes and the snow white linen sheets.
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