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School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)

Location:
Na Clochánaí, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Liam Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 013

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  1. Composition - An Old Irish Trade - Dyeing (continued)

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    She then put the log-wood into the boiling water, that is it if she wanted to dye garments brown. But if she wanted to dye them black, she put the coppras in it instead.
    Then she put the clothes into it, and left them there for a half an hour. Next she took them up and spread them out to dry. When they were dry she iorned them. Then they were ready for use again.
    I suppose there were other methods for dyeing the other colours but I only heard of those two.
    This dyer I am speaking about charged a penny a garment for every one she had to dye.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. gnó agus ceird (~4,680)
          1. dathú (~134)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Delia Rielly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Chora Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Thomas Rielly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Chora Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo