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School: Baile an Leasa (roll number 15561)

Location:
Ballinlass, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Mhathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0037, Page 0267

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  1. Making Soap

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    Long ago the people used to make their own soap. This is the way they used to make it they got some tallow lard fat and bits of every kind of grease to be found in the kitchen.
    They put them all into a pot and boiled them for an hour then they took them up and left them to get hard. When it go hard it would be like
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. soap-making (~74)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Carrowkeelanahglass, Co. Galway