School: Lloyd (Scoil Laoide) (roll number 15987)
- Location:
- Toberdan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Choibián
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0266, Page 202
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- (continued from previous page)Kilteivin and was called Pat Burks, and he spun it into blankets which the old people assure us, could not be beaten for their endurable qualities.
And so with the weaving of sheets. The flax was grown specially for the purpose, and was taken to the weaver who in turn wove it into sheets, and to-day the old people will lovingly produce some of those relics of their youth which they have preserved all down the ages and say "God be with the days gone by, when we made everything at home".
- Collector
- Bea Boyd
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toberdan, Co. Roscommon
