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School: Dún Beag (C.)

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Doonbeg, Co. Clare
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Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin Bean an Ághasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 320

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  1. The Baltard Dye

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    There was a certain kind of mud there long ago and it used to dye cloth. It used to be got in different places and the two places I know it was are Baltard and Derryard. It was got in the trenches near the cliffs in Baltard and in the trench in Paddy Haugh's land by the roadside in Derryard. It used to be dug up out of the trenches by the people. The people used to come from far off places with their wool and stayed in some of the neighbouring houses and every morning the women used to be up before sunrise getting the dye and boiling it and the juice is what they dyed
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Treasa Ní Shúillebháin
    Gender
    Female