School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- Micheál Mór Ó h-Oistín's wife tanned a bag out of a sheep's skin. This is how she tanned it. She rubbed it between her hands and steeped it in milk and sewed it up for a bag.
- Collector
- Peigí C. M. Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
- Spinning was and is carried on in this place. Every house has a spinning wheel and wool-cards. They used to spin enough thread to make clothes for them-selves. They used to spin a big(continues on next page)
