School: Mullach Dubh
- Location:
- Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Blioscáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 240
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- Long ago the people were mostly clad in wollen garments. The wool was first greased with butter, next carded and spun by a wheel into yarn. The people knitted stockings and socks and other clothing The Wool was manufactured into tweed, "frizes" and flannels. I those times the old men mostly wore the frize, made into knee-breeches and long stockings up to the knees and a tall caroline hat. At times of marriages the bride was dressed with a long black cabe down to the ground and a black shevel vel and a white paper hat. No matter how young a girl was married she had to wear a white cap pulled on the head, and white chin strings with a bow knot. The cap was made of linen or muslin and trimed with nuns' lace. The trimming was curled with a tally iron, made hot.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patricia Flynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dromahair, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Slavin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortnacorkoge, Co. Leitrim
