School: Kilmyshal (roll number 14777)
- Location:
- Kilmyshall, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: E. Mac Niocláis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0891, Page 120
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- 120Old CraftsYears ago the people used spinning wheels for spinning wool. They used this thread for knitting stockings and making blankets. A man in Gurteen named Daniel Comerford made blankets, sheets, table-cloths and coarse tweeds. The people never gave him money. Some of the things that he made are in the houses still. The people called him "Danny the weaver".
They made candles out of rushes and split briars. They had a "Grisit" which they put on the fire and filled with grease. When they threw the rushes into an old basin and spilled the grease over them. Two rushes would burn for one night(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Atkinson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gorteen, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Christopher Atkinson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Gorteen, Co. Wexford
