School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)
- Location:
- Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Ffrench
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- Long ago people chiefly used our home-made dyes.
1. Indigo dye which was blue in colour.
2. Elder -berry dye which was also blue in colour.
(The elder - berry was got on the bourtree)
3. Logwood dye which was brown in colour.
4. Logwood and copperas dye which was bronze coloured.To make indigo dye, a lump of indigo was cut into this slices. These slices was put into a large pot containing enough water to dissolve the indigo.
The pot was placed over the fire, a perfectly round stone(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mrs Brigid Clyne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 72