School: Áthán (B.), Lios na Groighe (roll number 14173)
- Location:
- Ahane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Seán Ó Héalaithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 324
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- (continued from previous page)They used to get a hurdle made of sally rods and put the flax on it and out it over the fire to dry. When it was dry they used clove it to knock of the hulls. Then it had to be drawn through a [?] and taken to the mill. Dye
Dye was also made around my neighbourhood. The juice from a certain tree called logwood. It is boiled with sheeps manure and made into dye. Dye was also made from rocks.(continues on next page)
