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   “There is a man in our village named Pat Byrne and he is a weaver.”

   

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   There is a man in our village named Pat Byrne and he is a weaver. He weaves blankets and pieces of flannel. He has a lot of tools and the names of them are the heddles, the reed, the shuttle, a small wheel, the warp, the bobbins and the loom. The heddles are to put the warp through the thread and the reel is for the same purpose. The shuttle is to be put under the thread and the small wheel is to fill the bobbins. There is a set of heddle sticks to work the loom and the warp is the stick where the thread is rolled. He weaves flax and he weaves pieces of flannel for suits. He is the oldest weaver about this part. My Father was a weaver and his

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
            1. spinning and weaving (~482)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Cáit Ní Dhallán

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Grallagh, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Pat Byrne

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70