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School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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  1. Dyeing

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    The people dye with many things They colour with scrat chloch. This is the way they do it. First of all they put down water along with the garment, then they put down the scrat cloch It colours brown. They colour with bog ink. Then they dig until they come to white thing that is the bogink they melt that with the garment. It colours black The colour with the red flower of the heath it colours red. They dye with blackberries. They colour red. They dye with heather; it colours green.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. gnó agus ceird (~4,680)
          1. dathú (~134)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Raghallaigh
    Gender
    Female