School: Lios Uí Chathasaigh, Inis (roll number 10321)

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1. Cottage Industries in Lissycasey from 1850 to 1885 (continued)

   

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   All the girls from around the place were asked to come cloving. The girls sat every day on a bag of hay cloving. That held for about a week and every night they had a dance.
   The flax was left in a dry place for another week. A few girls were then asked second cloving. It was then put into Spinning jennies and spun. It was then put into winding blades and made into hanks.
   The hanks were washed and put into wattles and hung out to dry. About twice every day two girls went out. They pulled the wattles and pulled the hanks from each other so as to let all the thread dry. The thread was taken to the weaver's house. He warped it and made it into cloth. When it was taken home it was made into towels, tablecloths, shirts and dresses and these were worn by all the

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Kelly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Liscasey, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Mr John Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Liscasey, Co. Clare