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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 02_023

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  1. Dyeing Clothes

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    Long ago, they used to get black in the "Muingo" And mix it with branches of trees called rime, and colour frieze. They used to get moss around a stone to colour socks and wool. This they boiled with the wool.
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  2. Spinning

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    They used to get the wool off the sheep. Then they used card it with hand cards and make it in to roll and then spin it. The old women used it all night in the comer spinning and knitting with the light of the fire and weave boreens. Then the used to sow flax and pull it with their hands then they steep it for these
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Chorra
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Corry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare