1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Dysert

School: Dysert (roll number 8640)

Location:
Dysart, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Nic Eochagáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 454

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 454

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Dysert
  2. XML Page 454
  3. XML “Spinning and Weaving”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Spinning and Weaving (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    priest for cleaning his fingers after anointing a sick person.
    When the toe used to be taken off the other part was ready for spinning.
    The long threads were separated from the shorter and coarser ones.
    It was then sent to the weaver, to weave it into linnen.
    There was a weaver in Killare long ago and his name was Collie.
    The flax seed used to be sown in the spring and a little blue flower came on it in the Autumn. The flax used to be pulled in the Autumn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mary Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Thomas Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath