School: Leachtbhruadair (Loughfooder) (roll number 14366)
- Location:
- Leacht Fuadaire, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)in a dry corner of the house to harden.
It was then pounded with aTúirgín .
After that it was cloved with a cloving-tongs by a number of girls. The girls of the locality used always help one another at cloving-time.
The event was always celebrated with a dance.
Then the thread was bleached and taken to the local weaver by the glowers to make linen of it.
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- Collector
- Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Cnoc na gCaiseal, Co. Chiarraí
- Informant
- Mr Bartholomew Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Mín Liatroma Thuaidh, Co. Chiarraí