I wanted to share with you this list of Irish words for spinning terms, taken from the booklet ‘The Wonderful Work of the Weaver’ by Lillias Mitchell, published by the Department of Education, 1972.
Here we go:
NAMES OF PARTS OF THE TREADLE WHEEL
GAEILGE — BÉARLA
Ceap — Stool
Cosa — Legs
Maide an Luastair — Treadle
Slinneáin — Uprights
Croí — Mother-of-all
Teanntóir — Tension Screw
Fearsad — Spindle Shaft
An tSúil — Orifice at end of spindle
An Cró — Eye
Sciathán — Flyer
Fiacla Stiúrach — Guide hooks
Coigeal — Distaff
Tromán na fearsaide — Spindle whorl
Roth — Wheel
Feagán (Connemara Fleasc) — Rim
Spócaí — Spokes
An tSreang — Drive Band
Mol — Hub
Photograph depicts a woman spinning on a Great wheel/Walking wheel in Connemara and it is from the www.duchas.ie website, The Photographic Collection:
The Photographic Collection, B063.01.00030
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

