School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- An Carbad Beag, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 424
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- (continued from previous page)he put three feet under it, two to the back and one to the front. He'd made the rim (?) and there would be two standards of timber (?) standing up out of the body, and there is an axel for to hold the trim of the wheel and when it is spinning the rim is going around as fast as could be.The hack is made with two wings, and the teeth for holding the thread on each wing of the hack. The teeth are made of wire.There is a double band made of thread, and its up around the rim, and the hack. Its worked by a person's foot thats left on the Luasthar, (?) between the three feet near the ground.Then they card the wool, and make it into little rolles. They put paraffin oil or grease in the wool for to card it, and its the best wasy that you could spin the wool. Then they spin away, and make the thread fine or thick, any way they want it .(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Tuairín, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Mrs Forde
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Tuairín, Co. Mhaigh Eo
