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McConville’s water powered Scutch Mill close to Dromore Co. Down provides a unique insight into the ancient craft of the scutcher who separated the fibre from the flax plant. Eugene McConville kindly showed us around his flax Mill on Tuesday. Eugene has a wealth of information about flax and the processes involved in harvesting flax…
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Sion Stables Education Officer found herself learning a new skill when she visited the Irish Linen Centre in Lisburn this week…….. They have a fantastic display telling the history of Irish Linen as a cottage industry with 3 hand looms producing linen cloth working in house. That’s Ruth’s next challenge – learn how to weave………..
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