School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)
- Location:
- Oldcastle, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire D. Ní Nualláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 084
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- Kate Growney Bolies hs a spinning wheel, which she got from her grandmother. She spins wool on it after her brother has short it of the sheep. She first washes it and then cardes it, and then she puts in in long strings and puts it through a hole at the wheel. she then works it out with her hand and foot. They usually have black and white sheep. When winter would come she would knit this wool into jumpers. The wheel that this girl has is about a hundred years old.
- Informant
- Mrs Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Boolies, Co. Meath
