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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0925, Page 268

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    (continued from previous page)
    in the poem:-
    " She struck where the white and fleecy waves
    Looked soft as carded wool. "
    When the wool is carded it is made into rolls in another machine called a " Piecer " or "Condenser ". Those rolls of wool are lapped up on very large spools, which are brought to the spinning machine.
    The spinning machine is called the " Mule ".
    After the wool is spun it is wooven into cloth on hand-looms.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martha O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Weaver
    Address
    Knockanree, Co. Wicklow