School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)

Location:
Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs Rose Ffrench
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  1. Long ago people chiefly used our home-made dyes.
    1. Indigo dye which was blue in colour.
    2. Elder -berry dye which was also blue in colour.
    (The elder - berry was got on the bourtree)
    3. Logwood dye which was brown in colour.
    4. Logwood and copperas dye which was bronze coloured.
    To make indigo dye, a lump of indigo was cut into this slices. These slices was put into a large pot containing enough water to dissolve the indigo.
    The pot was placed over the fire, a perfectly round stone
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. dyeing (~134)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Clyne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72