School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)
- Location:
- Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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- (continued from previous page)in the crook, were dipped in it. After this they were laid aside in bunches to harden. Then they were ready for use when needed.
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- Some sixty or seventy years ago, flax was sown by all farmers, and the old folk say it was the most bothersome crop ever was put into the land. It was a very small flat seed and comes up as a very fragile delicate plant. It was sown in the Springtime and pulled in the harvest. First of all the land(continues on next page)