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School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:
Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Thos. Mc Gettrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0044

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    They also grew flax which was afterwards made into linen through a process. The flax was cut like oats and then stooked for a while, then steeped in a bog hole from which turf was cut and left there for some time, it was then taken out and spread on the bank to dry, then it was taken home and put through a process called beetling then hackled and afterwards scutched on a
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Golden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickbanagher, Co. Sligo