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School: Maoláin (roll number 6704)

Location:
Mullaun, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Brádaigh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 255

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Old Crafts - Dyeing (continued)

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to a boil. Then they put in the article to be dyed and boiled it again. When it was boiled they left it to cool and then took out the article and hung it up to dry. People say the dye we buy today is produced from those herbs.

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Old Crafts - Sprigging

The old women of the district also mad e sprigging. They procured fine cloth and worked fancy work through it with a needle and special thread and this was called "sprigged cloth" and the old women went around

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