School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)
- Location:
- Knock, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Riain
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- XML “Spinning and Weaving”
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- Long ago the people boiled nettles and made balls of the dust, and boiled rough linen, and mixed both of them together to make soap.
- The old women long ago spin thread and also spin thread for blankets. Then the thread was sent to the weaver to be woven into blankets. The owner of the thread sent grease and oil. The grease and oil were used to grease the thread.
- Collector
- Domnick Heneghan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Michael Heneghan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 30