School: Carrigabruise

Location:
Carrigabruse, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mc Enrae
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 181

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    of spinning and weaving the strong threads and, after bleaching, produced a beautiful cloth called linen. In the farm-houses we still see specimens of this fine textile in towels, table-cloths etc., into which dainty patterns have been worked.
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  2. The people of Stramatt used to make their own candles from rushes. The green skin was peeled off at first and the white pith was then soaked in tallow. They were then dried and placed in a basket affair resembling the whip-holster of our present-day traps though it was much larger.
    About forty years ago my Grandmother used to spin her own clothes. She took the sheep's wool and rubbed between two squares of cardboard until she made it into long, thick coils. This process was known as "Carding" She then made it into yarn by means of the spinning-wheel. The wool was the dyed in different colours; a red dye was got from the raspberries, a peuce from the black-berries and so on, and then woven into cloth.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Celia Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stramatt, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs James Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    53
    Address
    Stramatt, Co. Cavan