School: Gort na Mara (Seafield) (roll number 11565)
- Location:
- Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 114
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- (continued from previous page)grandmothers brother. This man was a wheelwright and made wheels and reels. A reel was a kind of hoop on which wool was wound and when 120 rounds of thread were on it would click or make a noise. The 120 threads were called "a cut" and 12 cwts made "a hank" This man made one of these reels and instead of giving a click when the "cut" was on it was so constructed that a little man and woman would pop up. The little man holding a revolver would shoot the woman , she would go down and he would follow. They were made of timber and the noise of the shot indicated the completion of the "cut"
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- Informant
- Miss B. Kivlehan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 89
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Carrowmably, Co. Sligo
