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The Spinning Wheel is also the title/subject of a classic Irish folk song by John Francis Waller. [51] [52] A traditional Irish folk song, Túirne Mháire, is generally sung in praise of the spinning wheel, [53] but was regarded by Mrs Costelloe, who collected it, [54] as "much corrupted", and may have had a darker narrative. It is widely ...
The Irish Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers (IGWSD) is an organisation for the promotion and preservation of hand weaving, spinning and dyeing in Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Editions of the IGWSD's newsletter are stored in the National Library of Ireland .
Irish Spinning Wheel Making: Ben Kiely 18: 1988 Shannon One Design: Ben Kiely 19: 1980 Carley's Bridge Potteries: Ray McAnally 20: 1987: Belleek Potteries: Benedict Kiely 21: 1983 Clay Pipe Works: Diarmuid Ó Muirithe 22: 1980: A Dublin Silversmith: Éamonn Mac Thomáis 23: 1989: Powers of the Metal: Diarmuid Ó Muirithe 24: 1981 Stone: Éamonn ...
She was born in Ardroe, Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland [1] to a well-off family. Her father, John Murphy, from nearby Hollymount, made his fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush. While in America, he married Ann Fanning from Roscrea, County Tipperary. They returned to Ireland in 1901 and purchased the large Mount Jennings Estate in Roundfort. [2]
Winning Streak is an Irish television game show that was produced for the National Lottery, and broadcast from 21 September 1990 to 21 March 2020 on RTÉ One.Produced in RTE's Studio 1 at their Television Centre in Dublin, the series featured contestants qualified via National Lottery scratchcards, who received the chance to win cash and other prizes.
Spinner's weasel (left) and spinning wheel (right) Spinner's weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn-measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with gears attached to a pointer on a marked face (which resembles a clock) and an internal mechanism that makes a "pop" sound after the desired length of yarn is measured (usually a skein). The ...
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Scutching is a step in the processing of cotton or the dressing of flax or hemp in preparation for spinning. The scutching process separates the impurities from the raw material, such as the seeds from raw cotton or the straw and woody stem from flax fibers. [1] [2] Scutching can be done by hand or by a machine known as a scutcher.