School: Ceathrú na gCloch, Gleann Fraoigh (roll number 12806)

Location:
Carrownaglogh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 518

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Mul as lonndain, ceap as Luimnigh,
    Cuigeal as Laign' Uí Eaghra
    Sreangán den t-siodas fearr sa tir
    As béidh do thúire sasta
    Feal la laa, Feal la laa,
    Feal la laa, Feal léirí
    Feal la laa, Feal la laa,
    Feal lú, Feal la, Feal léirí.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. People in this district long ago supplied their own wants.
    The women wore long black, or brown or green dyed petticoats.
    These petticoats were woven by a weaver in the district and dyed by the women themselves.
    To dye them black they used to boil them with the roots of briars.
    To dye them green they boiled them with green slippy stuff which they got on rocks in the river.
    They dyed them brown by boiling them with grey moss which they called "Sgraith Cloch".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. dyeing (~134)
    2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríd Bhreathnach
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Sorcha Ní Maol Earcaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    64
    Occupation
    Bean feirmeora
    Address
    Carrownaglogh, Co. Mayo