School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (C.) (roll number 14206)
- Location:
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Fhinn
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- XML “Weaving”
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- Long ago candles used to be made, first of all by melting grease in a tin lid and rolling a rush in it, when the rush would get cold, it could be used to show light. It used to be put into a wooden-candlestick.
- Long ago the people used to pull the flax when it would be ripe, then they put it steeping in bog water, with a weight over it, after a few days it would be taken out to dry, and hit with a stick after that they would run it through an iron comb, then they would weave it on a loom.
When they would be weaving(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 17
- Address
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- George Hughes
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo