School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 178
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- (continued from previous page)Long ago they spun the flax and made linen of it. Then they used to send it to Belfast linen and get cloth made of it.
- The tailors, long ago, charged for the suit by the number of spools they used. That time spools were small.
- Collector
- Philip Grey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Murmod, Co. Cavan
- There are two spinning wheels in the district. The people who have spinning wheels are Michael Morgan of Murmod and Phil Farrelly of Cornaslieve.
