School: Ballycar, Cuinche

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   “About a hundred years ago sheep were very plentiful in Ireland”

   

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   276 About a hundred years ago sheep were very plentiful in Ireland and the people used tp card and spin their own wool.The woman that used to do this work at night time and the neighbouring women used to assist the woman of that house.The women used to be talking whilst they were carding,Most often they used to be talking about the faults of their neighbours.This is how carding came to mean backbiting.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
            1. death (~1,076)
   2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Flanagan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballycar, Co. Clare

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   “A cuairdaidhe that used to visit his house every night got ill”

   

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   A cuairdaidhe that used to visit this house every night got ill, and when he was not getting better Mr O Dea went to visit him. O Dea

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