School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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- Weavers of Long Ago
Long ago there lived a weaver in this parish named Cunningham. He owned a loom to which the people used to send their wool or thread. He used to weave it into flannel out of which the women made "báiníns" for the men. Báíns were flannel jackets with sleeves, they are now extinct save in Cunningham. The women made petticoats for themselves which they dyed red. No country women then considered her wardrobe complete without a few red petticoats. The colored the flannel red for it possessed more warmth(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa B Fleming
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dunmore, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs N Fleming
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Dunmore, Co. Galway