School: Ardnagrath (roll number 5963)
- Location:
- Ardnagragh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 274
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Most of the women in this locality were able to spin woollen thread for making flannel, frieze, blankets. etc.
Sometimes the wool was carded at home with two small "carders." Other times, especially when there was a large amount to be got through, it was carded into "rolls" at the mill. People knew how to spin in the last generation. There is one woman in this place who has a wheel for spinning woollen thread, and can spin. Her name is Mrs Moran, Ardnagrath, Walderstown, Athlone.
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It seems there was a lot of spinning and weaving in this district a few generations ago, as there were four weavers in the locality, one lived where the forge at Walderstown now stands, one lived in Corr at(continues on next page)
