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School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)

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Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
William Boyd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 384

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  3. XML “Gate-Making”
  4. XML “Dyeing”

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  1. Gate-Making

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rae Beattie
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan

  2. Dyeing

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    Up to thirteen years ago a girl named Annie Patterson of Drumacon could dye clothes she used green and ripe blackberries, Onions, dry tea and flowers for this purpose. She boiled all these together. Then she washed the article in the dye. She rinsed them in cold water to wash out the surplus dye. This girl found out different colours of dyes. She could knit, sew and
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