School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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- Ink-making.
The people used to make ink from sloes.Starch-making.
There can be starch made from potatoes by grating the potato fine and then skimming off the top and what remains is starch. Osier rods were used for making baskets. Peter Grey from Tashinny used to make baskets. Paddy Murtagh used to make keelers.Tanning.
The last tanyard about here was owned by a man named Dowdall.Lime-burning.
People named McGee burned lime and some of their descendants(continues on next page)- Collector
- Pauline Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymulvey, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Patrick Kearns
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymulvey, Co. Longford