School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)
- Location:
- Ballineen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Beircheart Seártan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0310, Page 217
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- Dyeing. I never saw it done. They used to make a dye out of sorrel and logwood and the bark of oak. Logwood was got in the shop. I was a powder.Bleaching. Some of the "bandel cloth" (linen) was bleached with wood ash. Furze was burned and the ashes was gathered, put with water and fat in a large pot. In this the linen was boiled. I saw it done. The mens shirts had a "front" of bleached linen. This was starched with potato starch.Making starch. Potatoes were peeled and grated. A grater was made by punching a number of holes in a piece of tin with an awl. The grated stuff was then mixed with water and boiled.
