School: Hollymount (roll number 13122)
- Location:
- Cleighran Beg, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Philip Carrigan
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- XML “Hackling and Scutching”
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- Get the tops of briars and boil them logwood and coppress in water. Strain off the liquid. This liquid dyes woollen goods black.
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- Informant
- James M. Mc Grael
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornaguillagh, Co. Leitrim
- A hackler was a man who prepared flax for spinning. When the flax was taken out of the dam he spread it on the ground to dry. After it was dried it was scutched. The scutcher used a scutching stool and a scutching handle.
The stool was three feet high and(continues on next page)