School: Malahide (B.)
- Location:
- Malahide, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: M. Ó Haodha
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- There are many other crafts besides the one I choose to describe. The craft I choose is the making of dyes. The old people of this area used the bark of the ash-tree to make dye. They put it in water and pressed it. Then the colour "ran" into the water. They added more water. They added more water and poured it into vessels to be sold.
The old people of this area made candles by getting wool and rolling it(continues on next page)- Collector
- Christopher Langan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Streamstown, Co. Dublin