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School: Alt Achadh Doire (roll number 15474)

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Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig L. Mac Diarmada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1107, Page 144

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    In former times the people made candles from tallow and the inside of rushes. Tallow was the fat of a pig.
    The people used to dye with log wood. Nobody dyes with it now. The log wood was little pieces of wood(coill) boiled. When the juice came out of it, it was called dye.
    Long ago the people made their own starch from potatoes.
    In former times the people used to thatch with rushes, straw and hay.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Geraldine Anderson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castruse, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    James Anderson
    Gender
    Male