School: Clunelly (roll number 15953)
- Location:
- Tromaty, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 93
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- XML “On Old Crafts”
- XML “Basket-Making”
- XML “Spinning”
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- Collector
- Mary Shiels
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cross, Co. Donegal
- Spinning
Spinning was another local custom which was carried out and it is being carried out in some houses in our district even to the present day. First of all, when the farmer clipped the wool off his sheep in the summer, the women washed it. Then, when it was dry, they carded it with a pair of cards, which were made for the(continues on next page)
