School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

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1. Old Crafts (continued)

   

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   growing on a rock like a sgrath. Then they put it down as it is in the pot, with the wool or thread or stockings. They leave it there for an hour boiling,and when they take it up, the thread or wool or stockings are of a deep brown colour.
   When the people want to dye black with bogink, this is what they do. First they dig for it in a kind of wet place in the bog. It is a kind of white wet wet stuff like spairteach. Then they wash it in water. They put it in the pot like,then like the bogink and when they take it up it is of a deep black colour. They dye the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Áine Ní Oistín

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derrymore, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Ted Hastings

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tawnyslinnaun, Co. Mayo