School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)

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   Some people tatching with cannawains the used to leave the white tops down. These used to been seen in the years 1846

   

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2. Old Crafts

   

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   Spinning is the home crafts I have seen done all the women spin their own wool and make socks and stocking. The little spinning machine if we might call it so a very simple one the under part is like a form with four sticks under it to keep it lifted about 2 feet from the ground at each end of this there is a thick piece of timber one for holding the rim which is made of much like the wheel of a bicycle and it is twisted by means of a strong cord made of woollen thread which has to be long enough to go from the spindle and around the rim and the wheel.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Sullivan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Loughatorick North, Co. Galway