1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Lurga, Patrick's Well

School: Lurga, Patrick's Well (roll number 10317)

Location:
Kilcolman, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhroin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0527, Page 060

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0527, Page 060

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Lurga, Patrick's Well
  2. XML Page 060
  3. XML “Candle-Making at a Later Period”
  4. XML “The Washing of Clothes in the District in Olden Times”
  5. XML “Doughbuide and Its Uses”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Candle-Making at a Later Period (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    The grease which was melted in the "Griosad" was then poured into the mould. The grease was then allowed to cool. When the grease was cold and hard, you could catch the nail and pull it up, and the candle would come up too. The candle was then fit for use.
    Michael McGrath,
    Balycarney
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. The Washing of Clothes in the District in Olden Times

    Share Share Post
    The Washing Of Clothes In This District In Olden Times.

    In olden days the people of this locality found it hard to clean clothes, as soap or rinse had not come into being. When they wanted to wash clothes, they used to take their clothes to a stream on a certain day, and scrub them with mud, which they got on the bed of the stream.
    When the clothes were smeared with mud they would be scrubbed, and then put back into the water. It is said that the clothes which were washed in this way, used to be as white as snow. Only linen clothes could be washed in this way.

    Recorded form Mrs.J. Coughlin,
    Breska, Clarina,
    Co. Limerick.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs J. Coughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Briska, Co. Mayo

  3. Doughbuide and Its Uses

    Share Share Post
    Doughbuide And Its Uses.

    Before cement came into being, the people of this district used make floors and partitions of Doughbuide. The yellow and blue mud, which is found under black mud, is called Doughbuide. Doughbuide is chiefly found in deep, rich soil.
    When a person wanted to make a Dough-
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit