School: Cnoc an Chláraigh, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 14002)
- Location:
- Knockaclarig, Co. Cork
- Teacher: David Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 480
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- DyeingLong ago, the people of Rockchapel dyed the wool with a plant called the yellow root.They pulled the yellow root washed and boiled it. The garment was steeped for four days in the yellow dye and it came out a dark brown. This dye was generally used for woolen garments.Log-woodThe people dyed cloth with the juice of plants. Log-wood was used to dye the cloth black.Copperas was used to dye the cloth brown.Sorrel was boiled with blackberries to dye the cloth black.The sorrel was boiled with the red flower of the fuschia, to dye cloth red.Sorrel is a plant that grows on the brow of potato ridges.The juice of log-wood dyes garments black.
