School: Cill Ábhaill

Location:
Killavil, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0421

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0421

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Rafferty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballintrofaun, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mary Rafferty
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    43
    Address
    Ballintrofaun, Co. Sligo
  2. Long ago there was a lot of spinning and weaving done in this country. The last person who did any of it in this district lived in Ougham. His name was Charles Gildea but he was known by the people about as "Charlie the weaver". He lived in a small thatched cottage consisting of one room. The greater part of the room was occupied by the weaving machine which was called he "loom". In those days every farmer kept sheep and sewed a crop of flax. The wool was sheared off the sheep one a year. Nearly every house owned a spinning wheel and the people had to get the wool made into small rolls and spin it before sending
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