School: Cnoc an Teampoill (C.), Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Freemount, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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- OLD CRAFTSSome years ago there lived at Brosnahan’s Cross a weaver named Ben Brosnahan and his son Johnny. All the weaving was done by them with two looms. They turned out all kinds of woollen stuffs such as blankets, freize and cloth coarse and fine. The wool was carried by the farmers’ wives to Coolbane Mills where it was cleaned and put through the carding mill and saturated with oil. It was then brought home and spun into thread with the woollen spinning wheel. It was woven into cloth by the weavers, again taken to Coolbane and passed through the tucking mill for the purpose of shrinking the cloth. It was then ready to be made into clothes.Candles
Candles were made from the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Hannah O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballybahallagh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Denis Mullane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybahallagh, Co. Cork