1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

Location:
Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chearbhaill
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 123

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 123

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)
  2. XML Page 123
  3. XML “Weaving”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Weaving (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    With a wooden hammer or mallet to separate fibers from the fine stuff inside.
    Then it was cloven with a closing tongs and made into rolls fitting to be spun ito thread with a machine called a spinning wheel.
    The thread was wound up into balls and carried to the weaver to be woven.
    The weaver made it into long skins by means of four sticks on the wall preparing it for the loom.
    The loom was a very simple machine made up with simple sticks one big stick on which the thread was rolled round
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmore, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmore, Co. Kerry