School: Cnapach
- Location:
- Knappagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Hionruaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 103
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- (continued from previous page)Today all the sewing is done with sewing machines in the homes.Jimmy Multy Shercock is all the tailor that stocks his own material.The cloth that is worn now-adays is all spun and woven in the factories.Here is a list of the instruments which the tailor uses:-
A scissors, a needle, a tape, a smoothing iron, and a thimble.There are not many shirts made in the homes at present, except on rare occasins.In winter socks and gloves are knitted.There are special types of clothes worn at weddings, and wakes. Usually at wakes the relatives dress in black, and the men ware a black dramond patch on the left sleeve of their coats.There are not many of the old customs remaining in the country today.
- Collector
- Kate Mc Gorry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumcunnion, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Ned Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumcunnion, Co. Monaghan
