School: Carra
- Location:
- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 434
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- Once upon a time there lived a man in Ballina. His name was John Duncan, and he died a long time ago. He used to make dye, and he used to sell it to the people. It was like butter, and when you would put it in hot water it would melt. He would give you any colour you would want. He would not tell anybody what it was made out of.
- Long ago there used to be no lampos or oil in the country. They used to have no light only the light of the candle they used to make themselves. Long ago the people used to pull a bunch of rushes, and peel the green skin off them. Then they used to get sheep's tallow, and melt it in a pan, and if you would not have the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Cavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Cavanagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownaglogh, Co. Mayo
