School: Ceathrú na Leac (roll number 12273)
- Location:
- Ceathrú na Leice, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0171, Page 145
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- District - Lohercurry - Townlands, Cloonacool, Corsallagh, Carrane, Carrantober, Co. Sligo.Flax to Linen - Flax was a yearly crop grown for the home manufacture of linen.When ripe it was pulled from the roots and placed in a bog-hole to decay or steep for three weeks, to soften the fibre of the stalk. Then it has stooked to dry and afterwards dried thoroughly over a big fire on a frame called a flake. It was next belted with heavy wooden beetles to loosen the outer tough fibre.Next came the scutching. Strand of the beetled Stalks were placed on a scutching-board, which stood upright and was held in position with a foot board firmly placed. The stalks were beaten with a scutching handle, (a light stick which could be purchased in the Town) all the 'youngsters' of a town land came to the scutching and gave a hand. This was called a "camp" and a dance(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mrs Mary Small
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Corrán, Co. Shligigh
