School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)
- Location:
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peter Duignan
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- Long ago the people used to dye their woollen goods, blankets socks and stockings with heather and copparas. They used the copperas to guine the goods a darker colour. They used to colour them also with oak bark too.
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- Collector
- Frank Mc Quaide
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Patrick Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Gaigue, Co. Longford