School: St. Michael's Clooncunny (roll number 14589)
- Location:
- Clooncunny, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Uí Stondúin
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- (continued from previous page)came with a sort of very fine iron comb and teazed the flax until it was fine as silk, this comb he set up on a sort of wheel The fear acraka also did all the repairs to spinning wheels looms etc.
Wool was also homespun the flax wheel was a much bigger affair than the woollen wheel - The flax spinning wheel had two wheels- one very large and the other small - the woollen wheel had only one wooden wheel. Both were driven by the use of the feet. Socks blankets jerseys for men + boys - petticoats and babies woollens were until 20 years ago made from the homespun wool. There was a big slab of stuff - something like a bar of soap sold - a very small quantity of which dye the wool a sort of magenta shade. ( I can't get the name of this).
- Informant
- Mrs Finnegan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Clooncunny, Co. Sligo
