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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 01_014

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    The following crafts were carried on
    Candle-making, basket making forge work, spinning and weaving both wool and flax, rope making pottery work, burning of lime in kilns, fresh water fishing and fowling. Only basket making and rope making and wool spinning to a small extent are carried on now-a-days.
    Linen Spinning and Weaving: Every farmer in this district set 1/2 acre of flax and on the produce made his year's rent. When the flax crop was ripe it was pulled, stooked, bogged. After ten days in the bog hole it was lifted and left in heaps to drip. It was then spread out on the ground to
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary A. O' Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patsy Ausboro
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo