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School: Muine Chonalláin (C.)

Location:
Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ní Lochnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 241

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    Many of us wonder how people got their clothes clean before they came to know the use of soap.
    The people in this district washed their clothes snow-white without the aid of soap. They steeped their clothes which were to be washed in a tub of rain-water for a few days. After this the garments were wrung out of a tub and boiled for about ten minutes in a pot of water. Then the pot was taken off the fire and the clothes were lifted into a vessel, and when cool were thoroughly washed by pounding them with a wooden block called a "túirnin".
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownlabaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kerrigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Kilgarvan, Co. Mayo