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School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)

Location:
Cloghans Hill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 012

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  1. Composition - An Old Irish Trade - Dyeing

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    Dyeing clothes is very seldom done nowadays in Ireland. Long ago it was one of their greatest trades.
    There was not any dye that time like there is now. Instead dyeing was done with coppras and logwood.
    There was a dyer in this village, Carras long ago A woman dyed clothes in a big pot called a boiler.
    Nearly every person in the neighbour brought clothes to her to be dyed.
    First, this woman went to the market. There she bought "coppras" and "logwood". Logwood and Coppas were sold by the pound.Next she boiled water in the boiler.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. dyeing (~134)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Delia Rielly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curramore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Rielly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curramore, Co. Mayo