School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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1. Weaving

   

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   They carded the wool and then spun it in to thread and twisted every two threads together and knitted them in to socks and stockings.They had four needles for knitting them like what we have now.
   Card the wool into rools spin it to thread warp it on the walls on pegs.Then send it off to a weaver to be weaved. Then when they would get it back they would send it off to a mill again to get it washed and tucked then they would have it in blankets .There was

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2. Dyeing

   

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   32 a Deying They used get moss around stones and boil it in water with whatever they wanted to colour.This used put a brown colour on them.When they wanted to colour black they dug black thing in bogs and boiled it with clothes.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
            1. dyeing (~134)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Julia Corry

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derryfadda, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Mrs Corry

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Address

   Derryfadda, Co. Clare