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School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

Location:
Wolfhill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 323

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    They sowed it in the same way as corn is sown now.
    They used cut it and put it in sheaves. Then they would scutch it. There was a stone in the field, for the purpose. They used to scutch it against this stone to knock away the seeds. Then they buried it for two weeks in a bog to rot the fibre. Then they used to break it with sticks to get flax inside the fibre. They used to spin the flax. In those days there were spinning wheels in the district of Wolfhill.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Leech
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wolfhill, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Michael Leech
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Wolfhill, Co. Laois