School: Hollymount (roll number 13122)
- Location:
- Cleighran Beg, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Philip Carrigan
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- The hand-loom was made of strong timber was 8 feet long and 6 feet wide.
The 4 ports or uprights were about 1 foot in circumference.
There were two cross-bars placed in position.
Around them was rolled the yarn which was spun and made by the women from wool.
The bars were 5 feet apart.
Over the bars was placed a square of net-work 3 feet square through which the threads were passed and fastened around the cross-bars.
These threads are called the warp. The shuttle was about 1 foot long - boat - shaped to hold the spool of thread. The weaver sat in front - he passed the shuttle from side to side - after every few passes he pressed small weights attached to a piece of wood with his feet, thus pressing the woven material together.- Informant
- Stephen Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumristin, Co. Leitrim