School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- Location:
- Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhártain
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- (continued from previous page)ere used for drawing turf from the bog. They were also used for holding potatoes.
Cart-wheels are made in my district. A carpenter gets a big log of a seasoned oak tree. He saws it and makes six fellows. He makes twelve spokes. He gets a big piece of timber and puts the twelve spokes into it. He puts the fellows in the spokes. The tools he uses in this work are:- sledge, saw, spokeshave, small hatchet, plane, and hammer
Spinning was done in the district long ago. The wool was carded first. It was made into small rolls. Then it was spun on a spinning wheel, Some people are spinni(continues on next page)
