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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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    thread into "hanks". The spool of the spinning wheel was filled with thread and wound on the hand reel. Three spoolfuls composed a hank. These hanks were then washed in sour milk bleached and wound into balls.
    The "warping" was the next process. "A warping frame" was set up at home and "a couple" that is two threads were wound on the keys of the "warping tree." Six hundred couples were measured on it for the width of the cloth.
    Then it
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Denis Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry