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School: Lusmagh

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Gortarevan, Co. Offaly
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T. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0814, Page 143

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    was a great basket maker. He could make 4 baskets in one day. He died in the year 1930.
    Ned Kennedy Ballinasragh was a great thatcher. He could thatch four strokes in one day. He died in the year 1929.
    The spinning wheel.
    There was a spinning wheel in my Grand-unkles house a hundred years ago. The people spun their thread and made their own clothes.
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      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Lawlor
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    Female