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School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)

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Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 201

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    manufactured in some homes.
    In olden times the shirts worn locally were made from flax spun in the homes and woven by locally weavers. Stocks and stockings knitted in the homes locally.
    Thread is spun locally for making socks. There are a good many spinning wheels in the district.
    The flax wheel is worked by the foot, and the wollen wheel is larger and worked by the hand.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamon Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo