School: Cooneal (roll number 6416)

Location:
Coonealmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Patrick Timbin
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  1. About fifty or sixty year's ago there was no dye in the country so very few knew what it was. When the people wanted to dye clothes, one of the family would gather a good deal of moss off the rocks. Then they would boil the moss, and would[?] the cloths in with it, when it was boiled.
    After a while they would take the cloths out of the water, shake them, and hang them to dry.
    When that was one the colour of the cloths was dark brown.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John T. Naughton
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Peter Naughton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo