School: Cora Finne (C.) (roll number 12908)
- Location:
- Cora Finne, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 170
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- Starch was made from raw potatoes. They were scraped and the juice was put into a vessel and the starch remained at the bottom of the vessel and the water at the top. Then the water is thrown away and the starch is used to starch linen and cotton.
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- Informant
- Mrs B. O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Knockacarta, Co. an Chláir
- The farmers pick long rushes which are beaten and spread out to bleach. Next the twising bow is got and one man keeps putting on the rushes to the twisting bow which the other man keeps twisting. The ropes are usually called sughans.
