School: An Lios Rua, Cill Mháille (roll number 9339)

Location:
Lisroe, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chonalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0608, Page 175

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0608, Page 175

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    known as Tucking had to be performed .The girls and women of the house got to work with their needles and rows of the finest stitching covered every square inch of the blanket .This prevented the soft wool fro wearing thin.
    The suits of the men were made by the local tailor from strips of flannel dyed black by the women folk. The dyeing material was called "Dubh Poill"and was a sort of moss found in the bogs.The bark of a certain tree also provided a fast black dye .Dolly Dyes were used for the materials for womens' skirts and were found to be excellent.
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  2. Linen Manufacture .
    It was in those days too the snow-white linen sheets and table -cloths were to be seen.These they made from the flax which they sowed themselves .No matter how small a man's farm was long ago,he had some little bit of tillage under
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Kilcolumb, Co. Clare