School: Carnadough (C.), Newtowncashel
- Location:
- Cornadowagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 459
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- In olden times flax was grown in this district. Almost all the farmers sowed flax. The seed was sown in spring the same as oats and pulled in the harvest time and tied in sheaves and brought to a bog hole and left there for some time. After a week it was taken from there and spread out to dry and tied again into sheaves.
Then it was brought into the house and broken up up with beetles until it was well softened. Then a party of girls came with a scutching stock and handle and spent a pleasant day scutching. Then the young people collected and had a dance that night. After that the flax was carded and spun with a spinning wheel.
It was then brought to the weaver and woven into linen which was used for sheets and shirts and other articles. Almost all the women at that time knew how to spin and had their own spinning - wheels and the weavers at that time were, Thomas Clarke Loughawn and Berney Smith Derryhawn, who are now dead.
- Collector
- Eilis Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Newtownflanigan, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Francis Farrell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newtownflanigan, Co. Longford
