School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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- (continued from previous page)make her own clothes.
- Long ago dye was made from alum and logwood boiled together. This produced a nice purple dye. Black dye was made from the juice of blackberries and Logan berries.
- Collector
- Willie Bailey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullyvin, Co. Monaghan
- In the year 1890 there lived a man named Dennis Collians, He was a great thatcher. He lived near Keady, County Armagh. He thatched the roofs of the dwelling houses and office(continues on next page)