School: Coillte Craobhacha, Drumlish (roll number 15108)
- Location:
- Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 371
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- (continued from previous page)good weavers. Mat Creegan of Cattan was another weaver. Old people made dye out of sallies and heather boiled together and it dyed brown. They made ropes out of pounded rushes and spread them out to dry. When they were dried they platted them. John Mullhearne of Cloncoose made nails. He made tip-nails, horse-nails clog nails and nails for all uses.
- Long ago the people used to make candles from rushes. They used to get thick rushes and pull the skin of them and let them dry. Then they used to dip them in candle grease. They used to make soap from fat. They used to boil it and put other stuff in it. They used to make starch from raw potatoes. They used to grate the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shanmullagh, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Hughie Mc Loughlin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Shanmullagh, Co. Longford
