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School: Valleymount

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Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 056

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    Ancient Crafts.
    Spinning was one of the crafts in this locality. My great-grandmother and my grand Aunt Mary use to spin wool.
    This is how they would spin:-
    Firstly they would get wool which would have been shorn from the sheep previously. Then they would put it into the spinning machine. There is a big wheel and a little wheel in the spinning machine. There are also two carders. The carders convert the sheeps' wool into knitting thread. Long ago people used to knit their own stockings and clothes. They used to send some to Ballymore Eustace Factory. Some of the machinery can still be seen in the Factory.
    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
    Peggy Perry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tulfarris, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr George Perry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Occupation
    Smith
    Address
    Tulfarris, Co. Wicklow