School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)
- Location:
- Moyne, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Tháibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 480
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- Both linen and wool were woven long ago into yarn on a spinning wheel. Linen is made from flax and wool grows on the sheeps' back. Both linen and woolen yarn were woven in a loom. The flax is made into bed linen and articles of clothing. The woollen yarn is woven into blankets shawls and rugs and other articles. All these things were made at home in the old times. The hand loom was wrought by the weaver with both hands and feet. In the hands he used a shuttle while he worked the loom with his feet somewhat as we work a sewing machine. Nowadays all this work is done by machinery
- Collector
- Mary Joe Gray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moyne, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Gray
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Moyne, Co. Longford
