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School: Ferbane (B.)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 190

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    My great - grandmother used to make starch out of soft potatoes. She lived in Ferbane.
    In olden times the people used to wash the sheep's wool and spin it and knit stockings and other useful garments from the wool.
    The people in the country used to grow flax and make linen from it.
    The ploughs were made in the forge.
    In olden times the farmers used to grind their own wheat between two stones. My grandmother and my great grandmother used to quilt quilts with a quilting frame in their own house.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Meagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Huby Devery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly