School: Clochar na Trócaire (Convent of Mercy)
- Location:
- Skibbereen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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- (continued from previous page)holes. This tin was called a grater. When the potatoes were broken up very fine they were put into water and allowed rest in it for a few days The starch sank to the bottom and then the water was strained and nothing was left but the starch. This was used to stiffen the linen.
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- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Árnéidig
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Highfield, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Connolly
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71