School: Maoláin (roll number 6704)
- Location:
- Mullaun, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Brádaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 254
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- (continued from previous page)shaped like a cup and used for drinking purposes and also wood pails and dishes and crankskeems which were pieces of wood about one foot long shaped like a spoon and for the same purpose.(continues on next page)
- Starch was also made in this district in olden times. The people used to peel potatoes and grate them and ring them and leave the juice to settle. Then they strained off the water and boiled the remains which formed starch and this they used for starching clothes.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary B. Travers
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Briscloonagh, Co. Leitrim
- Dying was also very customary in this district. The people boiled herbs - moss, barks of trees, briar leaves and ivy. First they got a pot of water and pu the dying material into it and brought it(continues on next page)
