School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John F. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 123

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  1. There are six tailor's in the parish. They work at home in their houses. The tailors do not sell cloth. The cloth is bought in the shops. The implements the tailor uses is a thimble, sewing machine, scissors, needles, an iron, a measuring tape. long ago the people made shorts out of flour bags. Spinning wheels were used in the place long ago. Stockings are knitted in the place. Some people buy the thread in shops for knitting stockings. Flax was grown in the place long ago. Every house in the parish had a spinning wheel long ago. When they used to have the wool psin the used to sell some of it.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Maloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo