Who were Flax Growers?
The Flax Growers Bounty List is also known as The Spinning Wheel
Survey of Ireland. The list was compiled in 1796 by the Irish Linen
Board. The list consisted of about 60, 000 growers who were given
incentives for growing flax. Flax was a very important crop in Ireland.The Board decided on a scheme of incentives to get people to
grow the crop. Indiviuals were rewarded with 4 spinning wheels for
planting one acre of flax.
Three quarters of an acre entitled the grower
to 3 spinning wheels. One-half acre of flax brought the grower two
spinning wheels. A grower of one-quarter acre of flax got one spinning
wheel. Flax growers who cultivated five or more acres got a loom or
spinning wheels to the value of five shillings.
"To the person who should sow between the 10th day of March and the
1st day of June 1796 with a sufficient quantity of good sound flax-seed,
any quantity of land, well prepared and fit for the purpose not less
than 1 Acre -- 4 Spinning Wleels, 3 Roods -- 3 ditto, 2 Roods --2 ditto
and 1 Rood -- 1 ditto. And to the person who should sow in like manner
any quantity of like land, not less than 5 Acres, a loom or wleels,
reels or hatchells to the value of 50 shillings, and for every 5 Acres
over and above the first 5, a like premium"
Source:
http://www.old-picture.com/ |
Irish Flax Growers, 1796
- I believe that this is a
picture of a harvested flax field.
The Irish Linen Board published a list of nearly
60,000 individuals in 1796. Spinning wheels were awarded based on the
number of acres planted. People who planted one acre were awarded 4
spinning wheels and those growing 5 acres were awarded a loom.
Donegal
and Tyrone had the highest number of awards. Dublin and Wicklow were not
included in this list. These extracts contain the name, parish and
county. The barony was listed instead of the parish in a few of the
records. Also known as the Spinning Wheel list or the Flax Growers
Bounty.
Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/flax1796.htm
Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 - County Laois
- Bergam Thomas, Clonmore Laois
- Deegan Francis, Killabban Laois
- Lawler Edward, Killabban Laois
- Murphy Patrick, Ballyadams Laois
Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 - County Carlow
- Byrne Edward, Rathvilly Carlow
- Byrne Laurence, Rathvilly Carlow
- Doody Michael, Tully Carlow
- Farrall James, Rathvilly Carlow
- Graydon Robert, Tully Carlow
- M'Donnell John, Rathvilly Carlow
- Wall James, Rathvilly Carlow
- Walsh Mary, Tully Carlow
- Wornall Richard, Tully Carlow
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Flax
 Flax
(also known as Common Flax or Linseed) is a member of the genus Linum in
the family Linaceae. The New Zealand flax is unrelated. Flax is native
to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was
probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent. It was extensively
cultivated in ancient Egypt.
It is an erect annual plant growing to 1.2 m tall, with
slender stems. The leaves are glaucous green, slender lanceolate, 20-40
mm long and 3 mm broad. The flowers are pure pale blue, 15-25 mm
diameter, with five petals. The fruit is a round, dry capsule 5-9 mm
diameter, containing several glossy brown seeds shaped like an apple
pip, 4-7 mm long.
 In
addition to the plant itself, flax may refer to the un-spun fibres of
the flax plant.
 Flax is grown both for its seeds and for its fibers.
Various parts of the plant have been used to make fabric, dye, paper,
medicines, fishing nets and soap. It is also grown as an ornamental
plant in gardens.
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