School: Dromclough (C.),
- Location:
- Kilcarra Beg, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: -
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- Starch was made from potatoes. Wash them well scrape and peel them, and boil them, then strain well into a basin, then put out in the sun to dry well. That was how it was made, and that amount would last until the following Summer. Ink making - Ink was made from ___________ oak-nuts boiled for a few hours and then(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Flaherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Mountcoal, Co. Kerry