School: Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 1289)
- Location:
- Tallow, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Dhubhshláinge
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- Weaving in Tallow.About the year 1800, the women of Tallow were very skillful in the spinning and weaving of wool. When they wanted tweed, they carved the wool from a black and a white sheep, then mixed them together. The wool was made into thread and was sent to a weaver.The weaver put the thread on a rack and so measured the amount of thread received. The weaver charged 7d a yard for weaving the thread into tweed, and four pence for weaving it into flannel.Mr. J.J. Walsh, West St., Tallow, Co. Waterford.Patricia Beecher, West St., Tallow, Co. Waterford.
- Collector
- Patricia Beecher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tallow, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr J J Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Tallow, Co. Waterford