School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)
- Location:
- Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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- (continued from previous page)zigzag pattern. Two large needles and a woolen thread were used.
The women also made frieze from the wool and the men's coats were always made of frieze. There was a presser in every district for pressing the frieze.
There was an herb which grew among the heather; and they used it to make dye. They also used copperas[?] and bogwood and magenta dyes. Redville was also a great favourite.
Linen was also woven in the district but it is a very long time ago. No one can now remember the time when flax was grown here, but all the old women have(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Waldron
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr John Waldron
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reask, Co. Mayo
