School: Ray
- Location:
- Labbadish, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Mary J. Moore
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- (continued from previous page)The cogs of this big wheel turned a small cog wheel and this small wheel turned the flying axle.
There are things screwed to the flying axle called rimes and on it were the wipers the scutched the flax.
This mill is of the oldest type of mill in the district. She is not in use now. There is none of the same kind in they district working at the present time.- Collector
- Dougal Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carricknamart, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Mr Samuel Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carricknamart, Co. Dhún na nGall