School: Knockminna (roll number 12720)
- Location:
- Cnoc Maoineach, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Máire Ní Scannláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 417
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- (continued from previous page)the logwood into a large vessel of water and boiled it for some time. They then put the copperas into the water and stirred it until the copperas was dissolved. Then the clothes were put in and boiled, until they were coloured and dyed sufficiently. In olden times when no powder dyes were to be found, people dyed their clothes in this way.
