Scoil: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (uimhir rolla 17000)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Old Crafts (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

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   hung up in a cool place to season.

   Spinning
   In my grandmother's time everyone spun their own thread at home. There were two kinds of spinning wheels, one for spinning wool into yarn or thread, and the other for spinning flax into thread, for making linen.
   Flax seed was first set in March or April. It grew into a long thin blade and a blue flower came on it. It was then pulled in September with the hand and tied in small bundles. It was next put soaking in a glen or pond of water in the bog. After some time it was drawn out and spread very thinly on the field to dry. When dry it was bound up into bundles again and and put into a house to get thoroughly dry and brittle. it was then taken and placed between two blocks of wood and pounded. Then it was drawn through a machine called

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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   Topaicí

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Molly Breen

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   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Ballybeg, Co. Kerry

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mrs Kate Breen

   Gaol

   Tuismitheoir

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   Baineann

   Aois

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   Seoladh

   Ballybeg, Co. Kerry