School: Mathghamhnach (C.) (roll number 11423)
- Location:
- Mahoonagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bríd Nic Arailt
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- Starch making.
Long ago women used make starch from potatoes. First of all they used peel raw potatoes. Then they grated them and squeezed the juice into a pan and let it lodge. After a few hours it would turn into a kind of jelly. This they used for starch.- Collector
- Nancy Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cooliska, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Eoghan Mc Carthy
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Cooliska, Co. Limerick