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School: Ardgroom (roll number 12261)

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Ardgroom, Co. Cork
Teacher:
R. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 426

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    As well as making their own flannel, The people also made their own linen sheets. Those sheets were far better than the sheets manufactured now a days. When those home sheets were washed well and bleached they are as white as snow.
    Linen was made in an easy way. Linen was sewn some way like the oats at the present day. The only difference was that it was a blue flower that used to come on it.
    After a while the flower turns into seed. When it was ripe it is pulled from the roots, and the grain is plucked off it. It is then made into sheaves and put into a hole of water to soften it. It is left in this for about
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Ní Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardgroom, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Diarmuid O Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardgroom, Co. Cork