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School: Mungraid (B.) Luimneach (roll number 14409)

Location:
Mungret, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Mrs B. Mulroy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 085

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 085

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  3. XML “Weaving and Dyeing”
  4. XML “Making of Household Linen”

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  1. Weaving and Dyeing (continued)

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  2. Making of Household Linen

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    The people of this locality made their own linen sheets and shirts from flax. Flax was largely grown at the time.
    When the flax would be ripe it would be pulled and put in to a bog for a period of ten days. Then it would be brought home and put on a "hurdle" two feet high before the fire to dry it porperly. Then it would be "hacked" or "cloved". This meant shaking the hulls off. When "cloving"
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