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School: Ráth Morgáin (roll number 15966)

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Ráth Muireagáin, Co. Mayo
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Bean Uí Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0130, Page 440

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    with a wheel. They would make balls of it then. They would warp it then with a warping frame. It was afterwards sent to a weaver to make cloth of it. They would send it to a miller to thicken it.
    It was two pence per yard to thicken it. There was a small mill at that time in Bangor. They used to send it then to a presser that was in Belmullet. Then they would send it to a tailor to get a suit made and those suits used to stand for about twenty years.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Ruddy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ráth Muireagáin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Gaughan
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 80
    Address
    Ráth Muireagáin, Co. Mayo