School: Clara (roll number 16116)
- Location:
- Clara Upper, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhathúna
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- Old Crafts-"Dyes" were made at home some years ago.
"Red-Dye"- was got by boiling down poppy leaves.
Nettles were boiled down and their juice made a green dye.
Penny-Leaf- a plant which grows wild in the ditches was also used as a dye. It was boiled down, like the nettles and the juice extracted to use as a dye.
These dyes were used to dye the home-spun cloth,
Weaving - There are no weavers- but in former time there were a few.
Spinning-Wheel-there used to be one in each house.- Collector
- B. Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kingsland, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- James Costello
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kingsland, Co. Kilkenny