School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)
- Location:
- Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs. Flood
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- A woman named "Mrs Burke" lives near me and she has a spinning wheel. She buys wool teases it cards it and spins it to make thread out of it. From the thread she makes Jerseys and stockings.
- Collector
- Mary Gibbons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meeltraun (Wills), Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 61
- Address
- Meeltraun (Wills), Co. Roscommon
- Long ago the boys used to wear smocks until they would be big.
There is a woman in my village called Mrs. Coyne and she spins. This is the way she does it. She gets wool and she teases it. Then she cards it, then she(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Coyne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tonregee, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James Coyne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62