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School: Dalystown (roll number 15307)

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Dalystown, Co. Westmeath
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Kathleen Grehan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0731, Page 111

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    The old women used to collect all the soft weeds and tops young ash and elder trees and bring them to the ditch and get a hurdle made - rods platted together like a crandy - and put a fire a fire under the hurdle and put the weeds on the hurdle to dry.
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    When dry they were moved to a clean place and set fire to.
    The ashes was then collected and mixed with water and baked on a red grid-iron until thoroughly dry. Then it was fit for washing.
    The soap balls were called ash-balls.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. soap-making (~74)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Joseph Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Address
    Clonfad, Co. Westmeath