School: Scoil N. Comáin, Hollymount

Location:
Hollymount Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Riain
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 246

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 246

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Scoil N. Comáin, Hollymount
  2. XML Page 246
  3. XML “Clothes”
  4. XML “The Tailor”
  5. XML “Shoes”
  6. XML “Shirts”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (continued from previous page)
    Frieze was used for men's coats. Wool was carded at home and woven into frize in Carrakeel by the weaver Richard Conry. (This was Riocard uabpaidreacha wo used to teach Catechism of Sunday's in the church.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The Tailor came around from house to house He came after the cutter. The cutter was Séamus Ó Confhaola. He was called Fear an T-rioruna. The tailor sat on a door left flat on the ground. Three tailors made a suit in one day. They charged 4/- for making a suit. The master-tailor cut and the journey-men sewed. He took all the remnants with him.
    N.B. John Merrick pronounced this word "remlets"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donnchadh Ó Riain
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Rahard, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Merrick
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Hollymount Demesne, Co. Mayo
  3. There was no shoe-maker but one in this locality. He was Brian Hynes of Ballinrobe. He was grandfather of John Hynes, shop-keeper Main-St. Castlebar.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  4. Flax was grown in the locality (1870). and spun into linen. "Tuairne eiteáin" was the name given to the flax wheel The woollen wheel would not spin flax The shirts were all hand made by the women
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.