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

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 03_031

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  1. My great-grand-mother who lived in Keelogues used to spin linen about seventy years ago. Her husband used to set the flax. He used to pull the flax and bring it to the bog and bog it. When it was bogged he used to spread it out in the bog to bleach. Then he used to bring it home and beat it very hard with a beetle which he made out of
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie M. Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo