School: Churchtown, Athy (roll number 7790)
- Location:
- Churchtown South, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. Ó Dubhlaoich
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- First they got a carrin and carded the wool. Then the wool was rubbed on the back of the carrin. After this they got two carrins and put the wool between them and rubbed them together until the wool came out. The wool was put on the spinning wheel then. It was necessary to boil any garments knitted with this wool, because the wool was full of oil. The oil kept the twist in the wool while they were(continues on next page)