School: Derryvoney

Location:
Derryvony, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ní Néill
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    cut it into squares.
    3. Long ago the women used to gather sloes and prick them. They they boiled them. They then boiled whatever they had to dye in the waters.
    4. Long ago men called coopers made barrels and churns. They made things called staves. They used to put these on the inside to keep them upright and they put hoops on the outside to keep them together.
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