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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis

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Inis, Co. an Chláir
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An tSr. Máire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 272

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    Tailors never cut cloth on a Monday.
    A tailor uses a needle, a scissors, a timble, an inch tape, an iron, and a machine. A tailor's goose is a board which he uses for pressing.
    Very little shirts are made in the homes at the present day but those that are made are of flannelette, and cotton shirting. Long ago shirts and sheets were made of linen which was spun in the home from flax. A few people have some of those sheets yet.
    People knit socks and stockings at home.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. éadaí agus suaitheantais (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angela Broderick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Inis, Co. an Chláir
    Informant
    John Madigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 58
    Address
    Inis, Co. an Chláir