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1. Old Crafts - Spinning and Weaving

   

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   Long ago every household spun and wove what cloth they needed for clothes. Any they had made extra they carried on their backs in pack to sell in Newry and Armagh. The wool from the sheep was washed and carded. Then it was spun into yarn. The yarn was used for knitting stockings. Some of the yarn was woven into webs of coarse tweed.

   

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2. Old Crafts - Quilting

   

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   The girls long ago did all the sewing with their hands. They made lovely patchwork quilts for wearing in their homes and all these were quilted, they were sewn diagonally from corner to corner in the running stitch and other rows of sewing were done parallel to this first until the other corners were reached. Each row was about two inches apart. Then the quilting was done from opposite corners and continued until the whole quilt was formed into diamonds by the rows of stitching.

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   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
         1. gnó agus ceird (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jim Patterson

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Chambers

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Droim Liag Theas, Co. Mhuineacháin