School: Naomh Feichín, Cros (roll number 7075)
- Location:
- Cross, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Mac Niocail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 385
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- (continued from previous page)them to a certain height. The upstanding rods are then turned down and plaited to complete the bottom part. There are a few rods twisted to make a hanger.
Spinning. They get wool oil and sprinkle some of it on the wool and mix it together. They card it then into rolls. The card are flat pieces of boards. There is wire sit in them for carding the wool. They attach the end of the rolls to a piece of wood called the spindle. The person at the wheel twists the wheel with his right hand and he holds the wool in his left hand and makes it into thread.
Weaving = The people used send their thread to the weaver and they used weave it into flannel for them and they used make blankets of it also
Thatching = They thatch the houses with wheaten straw First of all, they take it in streaks of about twenty inches wide. They begin at the bottom and slope the straw upwards(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Cummins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortacurra, Co. Mayo
