School: Cora Finne (C.) (roll number 12908)
- Location:
- Corrofin, Co. Clare
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 175
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- (continued from previous page)Pádógs out of her fat. They used to put it down to melt and they would get a string, and while the fat would be melting they would be turning the string and after a while they would take it up and let it cool in their hands. That is how they made Pádógs.
- Long ago the old people made tea themselves. They plucked the plant known as agrimoney-tea and saved it. Then they chopped it and boiled it and that is how they made the tea
- The people long ago used never buy brushes but they used to make them themselves. They used to gather the heather and tie three quarters of it tightly and leave the rest without tying it. The part they tie is the handle. Sometimes the people make them now and they call them brooms
- Collector
- Josephine O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilvoydan, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Michael O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilvoydan, Co. Clare
