School: Coill na Leac

Location:
Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac Geibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0976, Page 075

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0976, Page 075

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  1. Long ago people used to dye their own wool, and manufacture it into friezes, and flannon and blankets, and all other woolen materials. The way they used to dye the wool for frieze was first to boil it in alum for one hour by keeping it turned now and again. According to so many lbs of wool then take a half lb of logwood to every two lbs of wool, and an ounce of copperous
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. dyeing (~134)
    2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Brown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stroane, Co. Cavan
  2. This prayer is said going to bed at night.
    As I go to my bed as I go to my bed
    Begging of Jesus my soul shall be saved,
    Break not for heaven and Lord be the flower.
    And Jesus be with me at my dying hour.
    There are four corners on my bed.
    There are four Angels on.
    Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, God bless the bed that I lie on.
    Here I lay down my head to sleep.
    If any evil, wakens me, waken now, waken never
    I give my soul to God to keep for ever.
    (continues on next page)
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