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  1. Traditions of Local Industries that have Disappeared

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    1. Mrs Parkinson. 2. Slevoyre. 3. Aged 92. 4. Farmer. 5. Slevoyre. 6. Her father, William Hough. 7. About 70. 8. About 60 years. 9. Slevoyre. 10. 1934.
    My aunts (Houghs) were spinners and weavers of flax which was grown by the farmers then for the making of linen clothes - shirts for men and "shifts" for the women, also table-cloths and all household linen required for the homes.
    All the work from the scutching of the flax to the making of the finished article was done in their home. Sometimes they engaged travelling women to do the carding of the flax.
    The scutching pool is still on the land and near it is the field known as the spreading green.
    Many people from the parish, or outside it, who were in need of linen clothes came with their orders to the house and they were never long delayed in waiting for what they wanted.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    William Heenan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Crossanagh, Co. Tipperary