School: Loch gCarman (Christian Bros.)
- Location:
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Br. Ó Héilighe
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- (continued from previous page)them in a dish of water for about two or three weeks and every second day they steeped them and put clean water on them. Then about the end of the week they would be as white as snow and then the people used to starch the clothes with the starch.
- The best potatoes to make it were the big-overgrown ones. They were washed very clean, peeled and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Arthur O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Allenstown Big, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Allenstown Big, Co. Wexford
