School: Kilfenora (B.) (roll number 2155)
- Location:
- Kilfenora, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Mag Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0620, Page 100
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"A man named Peter Curtain youst to make súgáns and top's., He used to get a barth of hay and put it around a stick the shape of a cross as cording as they wheel it around another used to add in more hay and so on till it would be made., then it would be tied around the reek's or cock's of hay., He used to make top's out of a block of timber and put a prong of a fork as a sphere., Then he would sell them.,
Mrs Conole from Ballyconue youst to spin with a linen wheel., She youst tie thread around the spindle., As cording as she wheels's the spindle she make's a ball of the wool., She won a prize for fifty pounds for the linen wheel., Mrs Hogan has another wheel,,.
- Collector
- Mícheál Ó Héalaigh
- Gender
- Male
