School: Cnoc an Chláraigh, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 14002)

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Knockaclarig, Co. Cork
Teacher:
David Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 483

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    toe are then made into rools called hanks or skus. and spun on the wheel. The thread is then put on timber spindles.
    There was a weaver in Meilleen named Richard Scanlan, the thread was sent to him and he made fine and coarse linen out of it. Mrs Nolan of Glounakeel, is the the only woman in the parish, who is now spinning flase.
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