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School: Druim Mór (roll number 16278)

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Dromore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Catháin
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    About sixty years ago there was a big rock on the 'trap-road'. Scabs grew on this rock, like the scabs on a wall, but instead of being white they were brown. Dye was made from these scabs. The people scraped them off the rock. Then they boiled them and strained the water. They threw away the scabs and they steeped the cloth the cloth they wanted to dye, in the juice. When the cloth was dyed it was the colour of a new penny.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. dyeing (~134)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Willie Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Dromore West, Co. Sligo