School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)
- Location:
- Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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- (continued from previous page)enough turf to do the job.
- Spinning and Weaving
There was both a linen wheel and a woolen wheel in every house in this district long ago. There are very few linen wheels now, but woolen wheels are still quite plentiful. We have a linen wheel at hom though we never use it now.
On every farm a few sheep were kept. In the summer the sheep were washed in the neighbouring river. All the neighbours collected for the sheep washing. One many too(continues on next page) - Collector
- Katie Morley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Hopkins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
