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School: Barrlinn

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Inchinarihen, Co. Cork
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Máire Ní Chruadhlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0282, Page 119

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    “If you want a cream coloured article not to fade, boil it and put a fist of hay in the water.”

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    If you want a cream coloured article not to fade, boil it and put a fist of hay in the water.
    Long ago school children had pinafores made of cloth called holland. It was cream colour when new and this is how people kept it from getting white they wanted to look new all the time.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Janie Holand
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    87
    Address
    Dromclogh, Co. Cork