School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 284

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  1. First you get ripe sloes and fill a bottle with them. Then you bury it and when it is a week buried four spoonfuls of sugar and a pint of water is put to them and they are left down for a fortnight. When it is buried three weeks it is taken up and strained and then it is ready for use.
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Diffley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Diffley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim