School: Tuar an Fhíona, Baile na Molt (roll number 8133)
- Location:
- Tooraneena, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0647, Page 105
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- (continued from previous page)Spinning and weaving were two trades which were carried on in this district in the parish of Touraneena many years ago. The work was done mostly by old women with the aid of a spinning wheel. The wool was first cleaned and it was then put up on a table and the matted wool was made loose by dragging it to and fro over a board covered by sharp spikes or nails. Then the process of spinning began. The wool rolled up in short lengths was rolled around a rubber in the spinning wheel. The wheel was worked by the feet which was very tiresome because both hands had to be used to keep the wool joined and kept going until the whole fleece was finished.
- Collector
- Cáit Breathnach
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynamult, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Cailíní na Scoile
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynamult, Co. Waterford
