School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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- XML “Trades and Crafts - Coopering”
- XML “Trades and Crafts - Soap-Making”
- XML “Trades and Crafts - Thatching”
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- (continued from previous page)in this Parish called Mike Murtagh of Tashinny.
- There was no soap making but instead the people used stale urine an sheep's manure to wash the clothes.
A man would notice the people in the district to keep the urine. Then two men would go around with a tub and gather it up. The stale urine was mixed with the sheeps manure and the clothes were washed in this. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Eugene Mulvihill
- Gender
- Male