School: Kilskeer (B.) (roll number 1421)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teachers: Máirtín Ó Loingsigh R. Ó Fithcheallaigh
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- There is a man named Michael Manning in Rathmore over 7 miles from here. He is an Irish speaker. He is 90 years of age. He used to make spinning wheel.
- My grandmother used to spin linen. It's called "linsee". She had a piece of land on which she would grow the flax. It would be plucked by the hand and tied in sheaves. Then it would be "bogged" that is step in a bog hold for two or three weeks then it would be "beathled" taken the hard fibre(continues on next page)