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School: Teamhrán (C.) (roll number 14834)

Location:
Tavraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Conmara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 259

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    The peasantry people of long ago wore only two kinds of clothes woollen and linen. They use to die the woollens - black moss colour, green, brown, red, and yellow.
    Black: They burnt bog deal powered it boiled it in water and then put the article to be dyed into the boiling water.
    Res [?]-colour: They picked moss boiled it in water, then took it up when the juice was boiled out of it and strained it and put the article into the water.
    Green: They boiled the stim of the buacalán.
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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. dyeing (~134)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Marie Dunleavy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tavraun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Tom Dunleavy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kilkelly, Co. Mayo