School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:
Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 78

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  1. There are about three tailors in this parish now. They sew all in their own houses. They never sell cloth but when they are making clothes they supply the material. People don't wear homespun suits - navy serge is most worn. The tools of the tailor are:- the "goose" for pressing cloth, a thimble without a bottom, a tape, a pair of big scissors, button-hole scissors. There is a spinning wheel in Miss Jane Stuart's, Breaghy. There is another in Miss S. J. Stuart's, Faugher and one in Denis Coll's, Breaghy. There are several spinning-wheels in Knock-na-Faugher. It is usual for people to wear something green on St. Patrick's Day. People wear black after a relative's death.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laetitia Coll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Breaghy, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Edward Coll
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Breaghy, Co. Donegal