School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)

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1. The Linen Industry (continued)

   

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   of which was to be seen in many a country house still, and which was worked by the foot like a sewing machine. The flax hung on a "bush" in the fore part of the wheel and the spinner would run the flax through a small case something like the barrel of a writing pen, into the whorl where it was twisted into a very fine thread. This thread was then made into balls ready for the linen weaver who wove it into cloth of different grades; some rough, some very fine. This cloth was used for making shirts, sheets, and all kinds of bed linens also table cloths, towels, and other things for the house-hold such as corn sacks. The thread was also used for making hemp, fishing nets, and ropes. It was very hard work but the people had not other means of procuring these things.

   

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
   2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Paddy Malone

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Martin Howard

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Address

   Ballyvaskin South, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Mr Malone

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male