School: Churchtown, Athy (roll number 7790)

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1. Old Crafts - Bricks (continued)

   

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   offbears, moulder, up-stricker and a pennyboy.
   The moulder makes the bricks. The up-stricker gets the mortar, puts it on the table and makes it into the shape of bricks with (their) his hands. Then the offbears put the bricks into rows along the floor, with twenty in each row. Two women put the bricks into banks and leave them to dry. Then they are put into a kiln and burned.

   

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2. Old Crafts - Spinning of Wool

   

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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

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
            1. spinning and weaving (~482)
   2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Connor

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Castlemitchell North, Co. Kildare

   Informant

   Mrs Ellen Connor

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   84

   Address

   Castlemitchell North, Co. Kildare