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School: Corlatty Carroll

Location:
Corr Leacht Uí Chearúill, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
Jas. Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 250

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  1. Sayings About Tailors

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    Tailors are always looked upon as very bad specimens of manhood. There is a saying that it takes nine tailors to make a man.
    The following rhyme about tailors was often heard in this locality -
    Four and twenty tailors went out to slay a snail.
    The bravest man among them trod upon its tail.
    The snail turned round his homes like a cow
    Help! cried the tailors or we're all dead men now.
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  2. Shirt Making

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    Formerly all the shirts worn by men were made at home. A hundred years ago all the Shirts worn
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