School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)
- Location:
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peter Duignan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 140
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- (continued from previous page)could mix some white wool through it to give it a brighter colour. Then after that the wool was carded into little rolls and spun. The logwood and copporous were in pouder and were obtainable in the shops for a couple pence. They used to also colour with blue dye called indigs. It was done in the same manner as the other colouring was done, you could mix white with it and have it a white and blue colour. Then it was spun and sent to the weavers and woven into blue and white frieze.
- If you had a beilding finger to get a cure of it get a black cat without(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Larkin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
