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| MOUNTMELLIC QUAKER BOARDING SCHOOL by ELIZABETH NEALE 1808 |
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William Edmundson, the Father of Quakerism in Ireland, settled in Mountmellick along with John Pim and a number of other Quakers in 1659. The first Quaker School was opened in Mountmellick in 1677. Knitting and stitching were taught to both girls and boys. From the beginning of the 19th century the school developed its own style of needlework samplers with long predominately religious text copied in thread.
THE CREATION RQUIRED TO PRAISE ITS AUTHOR. Signed across the base ELIZABETH NEALE MOUNTMELLIC BOARDING SCHOOL A.D. 1808.
33 x 48.5 c.
Condition conserved , large hole on right hand side.
Ill Feller collection2. p47
Provenance Michael & Elizabeth Feller collection F16.
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