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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Áirne

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Cill Airne, Co. Chiarraí
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An tSr. M. Déaglán An tSr. Marie Thérèse
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    week. Then three or four men used come in by night with four big stones. They used put the flax on the big stones and beat it with "turgin" and clove it with a cloving tongs. Then it used be sent to the weaver to make sheets or whatever they wanted for them. The cloving tongs was a piece of wood about four feet in length and attached to one end of it was a piece of wood about eighteen inches long.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Tír na bPoll, Co. Chiarraí