School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 256
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- One of the oldest trades in Sráid na Cathrach , was the hand loom weaver.
The farmers used to sow flax and then it would be pulled and put into a boghole for some time.
After a while it would be taken up and spread along a clean hill to be bleached.
When it would be bleached, it would be gathered up in bundles.
They they used to break it up with a "bittle" to knock off the bad part of it.
A number of girls would each have a cloven tongs for cleaning the flax
Later on the women used to spin it into thread and then they used to take it to the weaver.
Then the weaver would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Morrissey
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Breaffy North, Co. Clare
