School: Rooskey (roll number 4800)
- Location:
- Roosky, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Luke Caslin
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“John Clabby Cloonafill Roosky told me the way he saw Mrs C. Shanahan of Cloonaffil Rooskey making candles.”
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- Thomas Caslin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- John Clabby
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonaufill, Co. Roscommon
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“My granny Mrs Jane Clabby who is 82 years of age told me how starch used to be made in her young days.”
My granny Mrs Jane Clabby who is 82 years of age told me how starch used to be made in her young days. She saw Mrs Bridget McDermot Northyard, Seramoge making it. Mrs McDermot got some potatoes washed them clean and scraped any eyes that were in them off. She then grated them. she got a piece of cloth and put some of the grated potatoes in it and squeezed the water from the potatoes into a basin.. She continued at this until all the grated potatoes were squeezed.
She left the water to settle and the(continues on next page)