School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- The people used to dye their own wool many colours. They got the colours from the roots of the lilies of lake. They dyed kind of black or grey. The bogink colours black. The heather colours green. The whin colours grey or brown.
The sgrach loch colours brown.- Collector
- Seán M. Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male