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School: St. Anne's (C.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
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Mrs Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 061

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    About fifty or sixty years ago the old people washed their clothes by the river-side. They brought their clothes and a tub and a beetle. Then they lit a fire and boiled the water. Then they put the clothes into a tub and beetled them. After they washed the clothes they put them out to dry. Then they washed the children. A number of women gathered together for the washing but this was only done in the Summer time,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jean Sheridan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corkish, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs John Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rakeevan, Co. Cavan