School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)
- Location:
- Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0265, Page 194
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- (continued from previous page)These are some of the sayings connected with tailoring:-
"Take from a tailor and you will never be rich."
"It takes nine tailors to make one man."
When tailoring the implements used:-
A Thimble with no bottom or a sixpenny rolled up in paper and tied to the finger. A lap board A stick with the inches marked in chalk. Needle and thread and other accessories.
Shirts are made in some houses yet on of which I know is Fuery's of Mt Plunkett. Shirting is the name of the cloth used. There are no account of shirts made from flax. Socks and stockings are knitted locally and the thread is spun yet in McLaughlins Killoy Lecarrow and Mrs. Lyons Ballagh, Rahara, Athleague.
There are spinning wheels in my district and a linen wheel.
Black is worn at funerals of course, Bright coloured frocks are worn at weddings, The Bride in some districts favours the gaudiest shade of blue. Long ago on chalk sun day the people used to wear(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Patrick Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon
