School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Ellen Daly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 338
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- (continued from previous page)cases are still in Leophin.
She also spun yarn and made blankets and tweed - all that was needed in the house for clothes.
The spinning wheel and the reel is to be seen yet in Hergarty's in Linsfort.
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- Collector
- Brigid Harkin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dunree, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Dunree, Co. Donegal
- Rope-making
Long ago in this parish of Desertegney the people always made their own ropes for their houses and for their stacks. They made the ropes for their (houses) stacks with straw as they do(continues on next page)
