School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 08_022
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- 22
How they used weave long ago.
Long ago an old man used shear his own sheep ,or if he was not able he used send for "Johny Mack"who lived where Michael O Mara's cabin now is now outside Flagmount Church .When the first cottages were built ,he applied for one one and got it..
The Government paid James Murdock of Major Park for an acre of land, Captain Moloney of Kiltannon put this name on it.When the sheep would be sheared they used put the wool into a bag and an old man and woman would go to Sixmilebridge .Sometimes old women would put wool oil on it after a week and open with their hands and.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Keely
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Slieveanore, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Slieveanore, Co. Clare
