School: An Faithche
- Location:
- Fahy, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0220
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- SpinningIt must have been very interesting to be a member of a country family long ago because the people were very industrious. They practised spinning in order to make their own clothes.When the sheep were shorn most of the wool was kept to make sufficient clothes for the household during the year. It was washed carefully removing all foreign matter such as sticks, bits of bark from trees and clay.Then sweet oil was sprinkled on it and it was left aside to soak.There were two wooden cards, each about ten or twelve inches square, shaped like a butter-bat.There were steel teeth on one side of each card about one inch in length and one-eighth of an(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Hogan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derry, Co. Galway
