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School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 335

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 335

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  1. Dip Candles (continued)

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    Starch
    Long ago starch was made from potatoes. Scrape the potato against a course bit of tin and let the juice drop into a cup or any vessel. When it goes to the bottom it drys and it forms into starch.
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  2. A Straw Spancel

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    This is made from rushes. The rushes are brought in and battered with a beetle, a thing like a cricket but until the outside covering is broken up. Then it left out to dry. If you want the rope to stand long you leave it in a place the sun cannot shine on. Then you leave it there as long as you like. The longer you leave them the stronger they get. Then they are woven into a rope
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Leonard
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacorraun, Co. Mayo