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School: Tankerstown (roll number 15304)

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Tankerstown, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Thom. F. Meagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0575, Page 383

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  1. Whorts (Fraocháin) (continued)

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    Some people can pick from three to seven gallons in the day and get from nine pence to one shilling per gallon.
    The whorts are sent across to England where they are used to make dye or to mix with the cheaper kinds of jam.
    Buyers meet the pickers every evening to buy their days' picking.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Maxey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary