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School: Cor na Muclach (roll number 14470)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 106

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    thoroughly dry.
    Then it was scutched which baked the hard shell on it. Next it was taken to the hackler who separated it into two parts, coarse flax and fine flax.
    Then it was taken home, and spun into thread, coarse thread and fine thread.
    Next it was taken to the weavers who wove it into linen, coarse linen and fine linen.
    This linen was made into shirts, sheets and many different things.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. gnó agus ceird (~4,680)
          1. déanamh sópa (~74)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Michael Mc Govern
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Gréach na Fearna, Co. Liatroma